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by bredren 2079 days ago
Many people will stop watering their lawns during a drought. But they usually start up again after it passes.
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I'm not sure if this statement is supportive of Twitter's decision or opposing the practice of not using drought-resistant landscaping.
People do things for themselves that to others appear wrong and unnecessarily self self-serving.

When presented with major societal issues some people are reasonable enough to trim it back until the crisis has subsided.

I think Twitter and Facebook’s coddling enablement of President Trump has been disgusting and both companies have morally bankrupt business models.

But in 2020, you no sooner can demand your neighbor not keep a lush green lawn than you can a social network not run an ad network.

At least this pattern of making the change when it is having its worst impact is better than no change at all.

So?