Replied that one time and haven't posted since. I went in a couple of times reading things, but some of the responses were so awful - I haven't picked it back up in months and don't intend to.

Just stick with your main Latest feed (if you click into a tweet, don't scoll down ) and you'll find it's a good central place to get news.

...which is vital in the context of what we're witnessing now with our DoJ. And, it allows people to see information that might be behind a paywall (because newspapers have to eat, too).

It requires a very thick skin to wade into the Twitter-sewer, and not everyone on DU can handle it. Those who can, such as yourself, do a great service for the rest of us.

it will usually be on Twitter in a matter of minutes.

And then, it's too late, because the tweet has become part of the narrative.

It would be interesting to see how much Twitter has become part of the problem of spreading disinformation when something like that happens.

I read comments from people with reading disabilities saying that twitter threads were easier for them to read than a longer article with longer paragraphs.

So they're good for some of us and not so much for others, apparently.