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> That is why it's unnerving to see politicians and corporations so readily bend over backwards to appease Twitter. You're right, and it really doesn't help th
by vosper 7y ago
> That is why it's unnerving to see politicians and corporations so readily bend over backwards to appease Twitter.
You're right, and it really doesn't help that plenty of media outlets either rewrite Twitter activity into a story, or quote tweets in their articles. This has a huge amplifying affect on the power of Twitter. It feels like it's representative, though it's far from it.
- lonelappde 7y agoIt's not Twitter driven, though. The mainstream media picks a narrative to suit their commercial interests, and then filters Twitter to cherrypick evidence for it. Twitter just optimized a process that use to be calling around to friends to get the desired "vox populi" quote.