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That sounds awful. Do you have a sense of how much of this was due to how Twitter is designed as a medium vs due to the culture formed by the people who tend t
by daxelrod 7y ago
That sounds awful.
Do you have a sense of how much of this was due to how Twitter is designed as a medium vs due to the culture formed by the people who tend to use it?
I know both of these factors feed each other, but I ask because I’ve noticed several Twitter design decisions that seem to lead to angry mobs. Short tweets mean low-context, sorting feeds by engagement encourages piling on, and the rapid feedback loop is perfect for amplifying righteous anger.
- jturpin 7y agoIt's probably both, but for me, I follow a pretty non-political group of people, but Twitter will absolutely insist on presenting me inflammatory and polarizing tweets just because someone I follow or someone popular engaged with that tweet. Facebook does not do this, at least for me it doesn't.