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Why Twitter is basically the News Media it purports to hate
tldr: Twitter is a list of things to think about. Just like news agencies create small content packets to keep us in news cycle, so does twitter. Why? because people still bring their lists from news or elsewhere, which you read. And so it ends up being on your list by transmission. i.e. if a — read more
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Showreplies.com
I spend some time on twitter and see so much junk. Not just shitposting, but actual and metaphorical junk (“pussy in bio”). Most of this is in the replies section to high follower handles, but the quality of tweets does not matter. If a handle has enough followers, the comments are going to be full — read more
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The flood of repetitive news
(This post is dated, and was originally posted on LinkedIn and Twitter Week 1, 2024) Most news is not new, but repetition. We consume a lot of news ‘stories’ through a variety of channel, but a lot of these stories are flavored repetition of limited information available elsewhere. The editing process is mostly opaque, even — read more
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Learning from Twitter/X (For parents/kids/young people)
I’ve been on twitter for about 6 months now (I created my account in 2013 I think, but never used it – at the time I thought it was for raising complaints; My opinion has since changed. It is a great way to find people’s thoughts, interesting people, especially those who’re geographically not in your — read more
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