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> It amplifies meaningless shit into the stratosphere with its trending algorithms, aided by the fact that the largest userbase on twitter seems to be politica

> It amplifies meaningless shit into the stratosphere with its trending algorithms, aided by the fact that the largest userbase on twitter seems to be political extremists of both left & right. It's created an environment where making a comment like "mathematics is merely a white supremacist social construct" is now somehow acceptable to the left. It is like unleashing a neural net that amplifies whatever it sees in a image but fed with white noise IMO. And then it just keeps on spiraling in on itself.

breakfastduck 6y ago
It scares me how much people on twitter believe that what they see trending on there from the news and other sources is being seen and blown up worldwide when it's not. It's being blown up worldwide ON TWITTER. The vast majority of the world never sees or hears any of it. It causes delusions of grandeur across the userbase.
- krapp 6y ago
  People believe that off Twitter as well. I've seen commenters here claim that the majority of all human communication and interaction takes place on and is controlled by a few social media silos.
  - breakfastduck 6y ago
    Yes, it's a difficult problem to solve. The fact twitter has so much political sway in the real world is appalling considering how small the user-bases are relative to populations. We find ourselves in a position where the media can use twitter to amplify opinion and provide a false sense of majority to implement political pressure.(See cancel culture)
    - Akronymus 6y ago
      Along with that, the beltway bubble, where "reporters" mostly follow each other leads to, quite frankly, bizarre stories along with a unhealthy dose of outright wrong reporting.
- lewiscollard 6y ago
  > It scares me how much people on twitter believe that what they see trending on there from the news and other sources is being seen and blown up worldwide when it's not. It's being blown up worldwide ON TWITTER. Unfortunately, "Twitter users react to..." is an entire genre of news article these days, even on otherwise-reasonable sources like the BBC.
  - jeegsy 6y ago
    "....caused an internet BACKLASH!"

breakfastduck 6y ago

It scares me how much people on twitter believe that what they see trending on there from the news and other sources is being seen and blown up worldwide when it's not. It's being blown up worldwide ON TWITTER. The vast majority of the world never sees or hears any of it. It causes delusions of grandeur across the userbase.

krapp 6y ago
People believe that off Twitter as well. I've seen commenters here claim that the majority of all human communication and interaction takes place on and is controlled by a few social media silos.
- breakfastduck 6y ago
  Yes, it's a difficult problem to solve. The fact twitter has so much political sway in the real world is appalling considering how small the user-bases are relative to populations. We find ourselves in a position where the media can use twitter to amplify opinion and provide a false sense of majority to implement political pressure.(See cancel culture)
  - Akronymus 6y ago
    Along with that, the beltway bubble, where "reporters" mostly follow each other leads to, quite frankly, bizarre stories along with a unhealthy dose of outright wrong reporting.
lewiscollard 6y ago
> It scares me how much people on twitter believe that what they see trending on there from the news and other sources is being seen and blown up worldwide when it's not. It's being blown up worldwide ON TWITTER. Unfortunately, "Twitter users react to..." is an entire genre of news article these days, even on otherwise-reasonable sources like the BBC.
- jeegsy 6y ago
  "....caused an internet BACKLASH!"