No need for the checkmark, just having a twitter account is enough.
this post was submitted on 30 Jan 2025
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You're only a dunce if you ONLY have a Twitter account
You're a dunce if you have Twitter, full stop
So then tell me, how does it make you a dunce if you have an account and don't use it, or if you have to use it for business? Consuming content on there is pretty stupid because every alternative is better and not run by Nazis, but just having an old account?
Having an account is on some level supporting the nazi CEO. If you literally must have one at your job that ain't your fault tho, we gotta do what we gotta do to survive.
Even if I haven’t touched my account since 2021? I can’t even delete it easily, because xitter is banned in my country
I signed up for Twitter in 2006 to see what it was all about before it was super popular. Thought it was stupid then just because of the character limit, and haven't touched it since.
Guess I'm a dunce because of shit that started happening a whole decade later. 🤷🏻♂️
I have a Twitter account that i haven't posted on in years. I only use it to view posts that my friends have sent me. I keep telling them to stop using Twitter but they won't listen. My usage, if anything, is costing Twitter money to serve me the content on my browser that does not allow for ads or tracking.
That’s like hanging out at the nazi bar because your friends like the cocktails.
You know, i really underestimated how much Lemmy users operated on kneejerk reactions with my comments here. I guess there nothing i can do about that though. Seeing this kind of reaction to a perfectly reasonable opinion is just kind of exhausting.
Except that usually who got a dunce cap was ashamed, and didn't pay for the "privilege" of that
It's the modern day Mensa right?
People who pay to become a part of an group perceived as elite by idiots
Might as well be a swastika armband at this point.