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I'm an american who is not on twitter. We have these things called news outlets, newspapers, and so forth. Apparently these places take an interest in what th

I'm an american who is not on twitter. We have these things called news outlets, newspapers, and so forth. Apparently these places take an interest in what the president does. weird, I know...

slips 7y ago
Are you saying Americans can live without seeing the president rant on Twitter? I wonder if I can do my own research that's greater than 140 characters...
- cronix 7y ago
  Americans can, the American media can't (which is WHY he does it lol).
ncallaway 7y ago
A) Almost all websites from newspapers and other outlets have many of the same advertising problems on them. In fact, I would imagine sites like twitter have more control over the ads placed on them than many websites for local papers. B) Whenever announcements or tweets or other newsworthy events are reported in the paper, I still like to go to the primary source to get the full context. So, the solution you propose really is an incomplete solution that doesn't address the problem.
- move-on-by 7y ago
  Thank you, this is the point of my comment above. Also, many of the small announcements made by schools, police departments, parks, utilities, etc are not considered newsworthy and so Twitter or Facebook is literally the only source of that information.
  - computronus 7y ago
    Some of these entities - schools and utilities, I'd say - can't assume that those they serve all have internet access, so relying only on Twitter or Facebook isn't enough. My local school system, for example, issues important announcements by those means (so I hear - I'm not on either system), but also recorded voice calls and texts, to ensure the message gets out somehow. If they post information only on Twitter ... well, it's not that important. I bet some of us lose perspective on the relative importance of messages when they are coming in from all directions.
    - celticmusic 7y ago
      They also do crazy things like contacting the local news, announcing it on the boards that they all have outside of their school, sending paperwork with their students, et al. It flat out amazes me how important people think twitter is to their daily lives.
- celticmusic 7y ago
  What exactly are you saying here, that I'm uninformed because I don't use twitter? That somehow when I see various outlets reporting on a tweet, and quoting it, that somehow that isn't enough because it doesn't have twitter.com in the URL? What is it you're trying to say about me here? Because I don't use twitter.

I'm an american who is not on twitter. We have these things called news outlets, newspapers, and so forth. Apparently these places take an interest in what the president does. weird, I know...

slips 7y ago

Are you saying Americans can live without seeing the president rant on Twitter? I wonder if I can do my own research that's greater than 140 characters...

cronix 7y ago
Americans can, the American media can't (which is WHY he does it lol).

ncallaway 7y ago

A) Almost all websites from newspapers and other outlets have many of the same advertising problems on them. In fact, I would imagine sites like twitter have more control over the ads placed on them than many websites for local papers. B) Whenever announcements or tweets or other newsworthy events are reported in the paper, I still like to go to the primary source to get the full context. So, the solution you propose really is an incomplete solution that doesn't address the problem.

move-on-by 7y ago
Thank you, this is the point of my comment above. Also, many of the small announcements made by schools, police departments, parks, utilities, etc are not considered newsworthy and so Twitter or Facebook is literally the only source of that information.
- computronus 7y ago
  Some of these entities - schools and utilities, I'd say - can't assume that those they serve all have internet access, so relying only on Twitter or Facebook isn't enough. My local school system, for example, issues important announcements by those means (so I hear - I'm not on either system), but also recorded voice calls and texts, to ensure the message gets out somehow. If they post information only on Twitter ... well, it's not that important. I bet some of us lose perspective on the relative importance of messages when they are coming in from all directions.
  - celticmusic 7y ago
    They also do crazy things like contacting the local news, announcing it on the boards that they all have outside of their school, sending paperwork with their students, et al. It flat out amazes me how important people think twitter is to their daily lives.
celticmusic 7y ago
What exactly are you saying here, that I'm uninformed because I don't use twitter? That somehow when I see various outlets reporting on a tweet, and quoting it, that somehow that isn't enough because it doesn't have twitter.com in the URL? What is it you're trying to say about me here? Because I don't use twitter.