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There is no way you are serious, it’s just a website. You can’t compare it to one of the most famous works of art.

There is no way you are serious, it's just a piece of paper. You can't compare it to one of the most famous websites.

It can pretty easily go both ways. The Mona Lisa have been a cultural icon for a long time, but Twitter has had a massive influence on culture since it's inception.

You are misinformed, canvas is not paper.

I don't think it matters for the point I was making.

The Mona Lisa was painted on a wood panel, not paper or canvas.

So much for me being smarty-pants...

There are other similarities with Elon’s Twitter too. It’s hard to tell where the Mona Lisa is looking or what’s going on with her. There is a strange fog in the background and some scorched earth.

Seeing as Art is riddled with subjectivity, you absolutely could. And calling twitter “just a website” is disingenuous as it facilitates real-time global communication and a scale not previously reached by humans. I personally never used twitter, but I still respect what they built.

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