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>The ability to directly and freely communicate with leaders (and for them to communicate with one another) is incredibly revolutionary. I agree with you, but

>The ability to directly and freely communicate with leaders (and for them to communicate with one another) is incredibly revolutionary. I agree with you, but why do you believe the discourse is so bad?

krapp 7y ago
>I agree with you, but why do you believe the discourse is so bad? Twitter really isn't designed for discourse, and definitely not for complex discourse, but for immediate engagement and virality. The way the platform works almost encourages piling on and hostility. More than anything, I think the appearance of retweeted and replied-to content in your feed from people you don't even follow contributes to this. And I'm trying to put this in as non-partisan a way as I can... Trump's personality, his addiction to the platform, the polarizing nature of his Presidency and his loose relationship with the truth just adds fuel to the fire. I suspect this is just what mainstream political discourse looks like when a lot of people are genuinely angry about the state they find the country in. It provides a catharsis, if nothing else.