*** The Official MAGAposting thread ***

[Poopadoop]

I think it is a problem. It spams the Twitter feed, making it harder to find actual information. What purpose does it serve? Do you really think someone in a disaster zone reads a comment from the other side of the world and thinks "oh how nice, someone I've never met and who doesn't even speak my language has empathy for my shitty situation, I feel so much better about having lost my family."?

It serves no purpose other than to signal an individual's apparent virtue.

I mean I don't do it myself because I think it's pointless. But I can see something thinking 'oh those poor people, i can't afford to send them money I'll try to do the next best thing and send them some Jebus.' So while I agree it's retarded, I don't think it's necessarily virtue signalling. Some people actually believe praying will help.

Also I'm not sure you should be looking for missing family members on twitter lol. If they can use twitter they can use skype or I dunno, dial a number on the phone their posting on twitter with?

[MadMojoMonkey]

So while I agree it's retarded, I don't think it's necessarily virtue signalling. Some people actually believe praying will help.

It's possible to pray without telling anyone you're praying, right?

So the praying is one thing and the telling people you're praying is another thing, right?

So the telling is virtue signalling, and is separate from the praying, right?

[Poopadoop]

It's possible to pray without telling anyone you're praying, right?

So the praying is one thing and the telling people you're praying is another thing, right?

So the telling is virtue signalling, and is separate from the praying, right?

Your suggesting logic applies to people who pray.

[MadMojoMonkey]

Your suggesting logic applies to people who pray.

Not so much as suggesting we can apply logic to the actions of people who pray.

[Poopadoop]

Not so much as suggesting we can apply logic to the actions of people who pray.

Fair point. I guess maybe some people think it helps the person they're tweeting at to know someone is speaking to Jebus on their behalf. Maybe that's the idea behind it. I don't know really.

[OngBonga]

I mean I don't do it myself because I think it's pointless. But I can see something thinking 'oh those poor people, i can't afford to send them money I'll try to do the next best thing and send them some Jebus.' So while I agree it's retarded, I don't think it's necessarily virtue signalling. Some people actually believe praying will help.

Also I'm not sure you should be looking for missing family members on twitter lol. If they can use twitter they can use skype or I dunno, dial a number on the phone their posting on twitter with?

Making a post on Twitter is not praying though. So even if you're one of the minority who thinks prayer can help, posting a comment saying you're doing it is still virtue signalling.

And you're wrong. People use Twitter, and indeed Skype, or Facebook, to search for loved ones after disasters. It might be direct, or indirect, such as seeking out information regarding emergency shelters. As for phoning someone, that's not so easy when tens of thousands of people are trying to phone people at the same time. People might also be using Twitter to try to find news articles relating to the event, to see how bad it is, and which regions are affected. That's a lot harder when 90%+ of the posts are "thoughts and prayers".

The vast majority of people do it to demonstrate they are kind and thoughtful people... that's what virtue signalling is.

[Poopadoop]

Making a post on Twitter is not praying though. So even if you're one of the minority who thinks prayer can help, posting a comment saying you're doing it is still virtue signalling.

And you're wrong. People use Twitter, and indeed Skype, or Facebook, to search for loved ones after disasters. It might be direct, or indirect, such as seeking out information regarding emergency shelters. As for phoning someone, that's not so easy when tens of thousands of people are trying to phone people at the same time. People might also be using Twitter to try to find news articles relating to the event, to see how bad it is, and which regions are affected. That's a lot harder when 90%+ of the posts are "thoughts and prayers".

The vast majority of people do it to demonstrate they are kind and thoughtful people... that's what virtue signalling is.

so much nonsense in one post.

People don't use twitter to search for loved ones, don't be an idiot. And if they did, as a last resort, check someone's twitter account to see if they posted, other people tweeting thoughts and prayers isn't going to make any difference. You look at NanaOng's twitter account, and see she's tweeted 'I'm ok everybody! Just need some thoughts and prayers" and you know she's fine.

And if you're looking at twitter to find out where emergency shelters are or to get updates on the news, you don't deserve to find your family. Use google, you fucking idiot.

And I'm not sure if you've heard of this invention, but nowadays there's phones that use satellites. So no, the phone lines don't get overwhelmed during a disaster and therefore you have to rely on twitter lol.

As far as people using twitter to virtue signal, sure it probably does happen. I'm just saying there's reasons people can express concern about something besides just trying to make themselves look good. If, e.g., you have a friend in the hospital and you go visit them, is that virtue signalling too? Or does it only count if you tell someone else you went - 'hey I saw Joe today and he's doing ok, a bit down but what can be expected after a double testiclectomy?' What if you tweet out 'hey Joe, hope you're feeling better with no balls now. Must be a relief to be able to fit in your jeans again. damn those things were the size of grapefruits! Who'da thought a flea infestation could get so out of hand like that?' knowing he's going to see it. Is that virtue signalling too?

I'll accept sometimes people are virtue signalling if you accept sometimes they genuinely think their message is doing some good.