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I've always suspected that the big draw of Twitter is that there is never any need to inquire whether or not something on Twitter is quotable. Many Facebook po
by ISL 6y ago
I've always suspected that the big draw of Twitter is that there is never any need to inquire whether or not something on Twitter is quotable.
Many Facebook posts, etc. are friends-only, perhaps presenting at least a momentary ethical question. With Twitter, it is clear that the posts are definitively in the wild and in the public square.
- freetime2 6y agoAnd since the tweet itself often is the story, they also don’t need to bother with fact checking or verifying sources. It doesn’t matter if the tweet is factual or not, just that some person of interest said it. It also probably helps that many people have a morbid curiosity about what celebrities are doing and saying, and can’t help but click on those articles.