it is worth remembering Twitter has no meaning or importance on the real world. The only people who care about what happens on twitter are other people on twitt

it is worth remembering Twitter has no meaning or importance on the real world. The only people who care about what happens on twitter are other people on twitter On the one hand, yes this is true. But on the other hand, someone needs to tell that to "reputable" news sources such as the BBC who report on Twitter as if it was real news, and therefore shape real public opinion and even public policy.