It's always been considered good message board etiquette for a poster who wants to express his opinion in a brand-new thread to post a link to the news story that inspired his take. If you want other posters to comment, it's helpful for them to see the same news story you did. In the past, the link has usually been to a mainline news source (FOX, NBC, ABC, Wash Post, AP, etc.). But over time, the 'news source' behind the take often became a political spin article from 'The Blaze' or other right-wing or left-wing blogs. Not quite the same thing but, hey, for a board like this one, anything goes, right? 
But fast-forward to NOW and this place has become LITTERED with wacko Twitter posts for God's sakes!!! Hell, in many cases the WC poster who links them doesn't even bother to make his own comment for crying out loud! Apparently we're just supposed to be blown away by reading some Twitter nobody's personal take as if it came from the President, a Governor, or a member of Congress.
Which leads to the million dollar question: Why in the @#$&@ do we need to read some obscure person's rant -- or 'scientific' research -- who isn't part of this board??? I assume most of us have Twitter accounts. If we want to read this type of sh!t, we can easily find it. We certainly don't need crazy-ass Twitter takes to be regurgitated here!
Seriously, we've got more than enough authentic WC nutjobs posting here without adding to the mix by posting somebody else's crazy Twitter comments.
End of Rant.
But fast-forward to NOW and this place has become LITTERED with wacko Twitter posts for God's sakes!!! Hell, in many cases the WC poster who links them doesn't even bother to make his own comment for crying out loud! Apparently we're just supposed to be blown away by reading some Twitter nobody's personal take as if it came from the President, a Governor, or a member of Congress.
Which leads to the million dollar question: Why in the @#$&@ do we need to read some obscure person's rant -- or 'scientific' research -- who isn't part of this board??? I assume most of us have Twitter accounts. If we want to read this type of sh!t, we can easily find it. We certainly don't need crazy-ass Twitter takes to be regurgitated here!
Seriously, we've got more than enough authentic WC nutjobs posting here without adding to the mix by posting somebody else's crazy Twitter comments.
End of Rant.
