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THIS. This is "Twitter Moments" in a nutshell, and it drives me absolutely crazy. It may be the most toxic "news-source", in my opinion, because of this. It tak
by bluetidepro 7y ago
THIS. This is "Twitter Moments" in a nutshell, and it drives me absolutely crazy. It may be the most toxic "news-source", in my opinion, because of this. It takes a handful of tweets (usually not even verified accounts), and tries to make mountains out of molehills. It tries to drive narratives based on trends of a few "loud" users, and it's so deceiving. It rarely paints a full picture, and it tries so hard to manipulate you into believing these 12 or so tweets are the majority. And because it refreshes so quickly, they have no reason to correct things that end up being wrong, or clarify clickbait-esq topics when more info comes around.
- baroffoos 7y agoI once did the research on an article with a title in the format "X group is outraged over Y's comment on twitter" and when I found the original post I found no outrage and at most just a mild dissatisfaction.
- bluetidepro 7y agoExactly. Haha They blow everything WAY out of proportion. It's so silly. Drives me mad. ha