mistercrayon wrote:

Imagine owning a system that helps a dunderhead become president and then running against that president at the very next election.

Disgusting.

Presumably he'll have to sell Facebook though.

Presidents divesting themselves of their business interests is so 2015.

Yeah it's considered old fashioned now to distance yourself from your billion dollar imperium when running for president. Why not make as much money as you can while at the top? Screw public interest, gotta get ridda all that red tape hindering your business and free market spirit!

Use facebook exclusively for targeted propaganda and bam!
Suddenly you are president of the USofA.

The sky is the limit.

The Mayans, Nostradamus, all major religions, Hollywood.
None of them, not one of them ever predicted that the world would end with two idiots calling each other poo poo heads.

Donald Trump seems to be on a rage against everything that starts with the letter n this week. North Korea, Nambia (whatever that is) NBA, NFL and he would probably also use the other n word given he is such a racist. 

So as we all know O comes next, it's safe to say Obama will poll highly. Any bets on what other O's get singled out?

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Sorry, I know the conversationation was a few days ago, but I’ve only just read it; @Yossarian How is one tweet with a link to a blog post harder to share than umpteen tweets, each with one umpteenth of an argument in them?

Pretty much. Plus if you’re on Twitter, retweeting is far more trivial than copying and pasting a URL. People are more likely to read more of it too as there’s already a point drawn from it in front of them.

What about in when done properly?

This is amusing me anyway.

Andy wrote:

Yossarian wrote:

Pretty much. Plus if you’re on Twitter, retweeting is far more trivial than copying and pasting a URL. People are more likely to read more of it too as there’s already a point drawn from it in front of them.

You don’t need to copy and paste anything. You retweet the tweet containing the link the same way as you’d retweet anything. You’ve also got the added bonus of your readers being able to read your argument without the later points being derailed by others responses. For all that it does quick and easy, Twitter is fucking rubbish at displaying branching threads.

It’s also not difficult to have that original tweet make the introductory point that draws people in.

The derailing tweets can be an issue, that’s why I normally link the last tweet and tell people to scroll up, that usually puts it all together.

And the original author might make that original tweet make an interesting point, but people for people who’ve stumbled across the thread from another source, they would have to pull out and format an interesting point themselves which becomes a barrier to sharing.

Normally the nfl show on BBC is a fun watch. Caught up with last night's show when I got home tonight. The first 10-15 minutes were dedicated to the reaction of the nfl club owners and players to Trump's message about kneeling during the national anthem. (Basically players should be fired for disrespecting the flag and those who have given their lives for USA).

Back in the studio when Mark Chapman was talking to Jason Bell and Osi (American ex-players and now pundits) the seriousness of the situation in the USA came across so very strongly and it was a very difficult watch. As they explained why black nfl players are kneeling during the national anthem and how racial inequality in modern day America is such a taboo subject. That the movement which was started by 49ers nfl quarter back colin kapernick (who has lost everything since and is unemployed). Is not about disrespecting the soldiers who have served and given their lives or the flag itself, but a protest that they are human beings and should be treated as such. It was quite moving.

The whole thing is fucking insane, trotting out the whole "disrespect to the dead" thing is the absolutist bullshit. There are many things you shouldn't do with the flag, which is not limited to using it in advertising or as a design for clothing. I don't know much about the NFL either but from what I read they didn't even start bothering with all the flag bothering until 2009 either. The whole thing makes me irrationally mad.

Won't somebody think of the fabric rectangles!