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Is Twitter a tweet tool for the useful idiots of the left?

Posted on 03/06/2009 11:21:13 AM PST by Jim Robinson

Just heard Rush mention that Twitter is a tool of the left. Obama & Co use it to "tweet" their millions of members with instant messages (propaganda). Don't know if this is true or not, but would be interesting to find out. Same goes for Facebook. Heard it was a leftist tool. And we already know Wiki is. Looks like the left is invading the Net. Prepare to repel boarders to starboard!


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To: Jim Robinson

Same goes for Facebook. Heard it was a leftist tool.

Lots of conservative groups on facebook.....good to know who your friends are....


21 posted on 03/06/2009 11:28:57 AM PST by Le Chien Rouge
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To: Jim Robinson

Twitter is what you make of it. It isn’t ideological, it’s just a tool

It’s used by the left because they found it early. FR could set up an account to send out a tweet any time a new story was posted.

Personally, I follow people I know, smart and funny people, along with other people in the news media. Some of the people I follow are conservative bloggers, but in general, conservative bloggers haven’t been quick to accept Twitter.


22 posted on 03/06/2009 11:28:59 AM PST by MediaMole
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To: Jim Robinson
FYI
23 posted on 03/06/2009 11:29:02 AM PST by smokingfrog ( Dear Mr. Obama - Please make it rain candy! P.S. I like jelly beans.)
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To: anniegetyourgun
"It’s much ado about nothing....which is what so much of our economy is built on these days."

You mean like texting and ringtones? Honestly, when someone told me a few years back that ringtones was a billion dollar a year business my mouth dropped to the floor.
24 posted on 03/06/2009 11:29:37 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Their mantra is “politicize everything”. Which is why books about music or pinball machines or whatever will still make smear attacks on Reagan and Bush and oil and the war in Iraq. Same goes for apolitical forums, movie review sites. Everything.


25 posted on 03/06/2009 11:29:42 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Do you know the website number?" - VP Joe Biden)
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To: Jim Robinson

Let’s create a Free Republic Tweeter Network - two can play this game. We can post instant Freep Tweets and move thousands of Patriotic Freepers in seconds!


26 posted on 03/06/2009 11:30:06 AM PST by RobaWho
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To: Jim Robinson

Twitter’s a tool. It’s neutral. Conservatives can use it to organize, same as liberals can—it’s just a way to send short text messages back and forth. If liberals dominate it, it’s simply because they’ve adopted it more quickly.

}:-)4


27 posted on 03/06/2009 11:30:16 AM PST by Moose4 (Hey RNC. Don't move toward the middle. MOVE THE MIDDLE TOWARD YOU.)
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To: armymarinemom

Is there a primer for us old farts who have no idea of what Twitter is?


28 posted on 03/06/2009 11:30:29 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or, are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
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To: Jim Robinson

Somehow I’ve missed the whole twitter thing. Rush’s mention of it today is the first I’ve heard of twits twittering.


29 posted on 03/06/2009 11:30:53 AM PST by pallis
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To: Jim Robinson
And we already know Wiki is.

Was just browsing Wikipedia's DJIA article. Charts there only go to Dec '08. Wonder why...

Someone with an account should update those charts, with the Obama news annotated one.

30 posted on 03/06/2009 11:31:01 AM PST by Domandred (Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.)
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To: Jim Robinson
Twitter is what you make of it. Facebook is what you make of it.

If they are being used by leftists, it is only because leftists see an opportunity to spread their messages through use of those tools. The tools themselves are no more leftist than a potted plant. Individuals who use Facebook or Twitter are in complete control over their own networks.

31 posted on 03/06/2009 11:31:02 AM PST by SaveTheChief (Obama lied, America died.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

>>“Prepare to repel boarders to starboard!”
>
>Oh, Goody! I love a bare-knuckled fight. Can I play the part of “Number One?” ;)

Hm... I don’t want a busted hand... could I use a steel pipe instead? Better yet, why don’t we load the cannons with grapeshot, and...


32 posted on 03/06/2009 11:31:40 AM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Jim Robinson

TWITIOTS...............Add to FR Dictionary, please............


33 posted on 03/06/2009 11:31:53 AM PST by Red Badger (The Zero has more Chicago Bull than Michael Jordan...................)
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To: Chuzzlewit

I didn’t say it was slow. It’s the latest - until the next thing. That’s the way we roll...


34 posted on 03/06/2009 11:32:45 AM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: Jim Robinson
Twitter? H$ll I haven't achieved the Texting level yet...
35 posted on 03/06/2009 11:32:59 AM PST by tubebender (99% of Lawyers give the rest a bad name...)
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To: smokingfrog

I enjoy twitter a lot. I have fun and its quite informative. Quite a group of conservatives on there I follow. I also get local traffic reports, pass conditions, Ferry wait times, and Canadian border info through it. Also follow some local news sources.
http://twitter.com/Amppt


36 posted on 03/06/2009 11:33:29 AM PST by Chronic (Freedom isn't Free \m/ 0(-_-)0 \m/ Chronic--Never Gives UP!)
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To: Domandred

> Someone with an account should update those charts, with the Obama news annotated one.

LOL - Good idea... too bad I don’t have an acct.


37 posted on 03/06/2009 11:33:49 AM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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38 posted on 03/06/2009 11:34:31 AM PST by smokingfrog ( Dear Mr. Obama - Please make it rain candy! P.S. I like jelly beans.)
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To: Moose4

It is not just about text messages too. You are able to use it on the web. There are some cool interfaces for it. I like the TweetDeck when I can get on it.


39 posted on 03/06/2009 11:35:30 AM PST by Chronic (Freedom isn't Free \m/ 0(-_-)0 \m/ Chronic--Never Gives UP!)
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To: Jim Robinson

I’m on twitter and facebook. Both are excellent and fun. Also have apps on my iPhone. :-)


40 posted on 03/06/2009 11:36:36 AM PST by ironman
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