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If you think Twitter isn't the most important Journalistic tool nowadays you're living in a cave. It is. There's literally no way to get more accurate news fas

If you think Twitter isn't the most important Journalistic tool nowadays you're living in a cave. It is. There's literally no way to get more accurate news faster, by following sources you trust.

root_axis 6y ago
> If you think Twitter isn't the most important Journalistic tool nowadays you're living in a cave. It is. Twitter is the most important journalistic tool? Not e-mail? Not end-to-end encrypted chat services? The entertainment website made up of mostly celebrity gossip, memes and culture war propaganda? I think you're the one living in a cave my friend, a cave built, owned and operated by twitter. Just because it's popular with many journalists doesn't mean its important. There's no doubt there are some amazing journalists who use twitter at some points during their day, but the overwhelming sum of what goes on twitter can hardly be considered "journalism". > There's literally no way to get more accurate news faster, by following sources you trust. That's your opinion, not a fact. There are many people who would say using twitter as your primary news source is a terrible idea. News on the internet is a billion dollar business, twitter is just one of many innumerable sources of real-time news on the internet.
- WClayFerguson 6y ago
  Point #1) Sure you can say email is as important as twitter. Good catch. Although taking my words too literally. But none of the other technology artifacts rank even close. And BTW if Google started censoring emails they'd be in BIG trouble just like Twitter is. Thanks for helping prove my point. Point #2) Twitter itself is not a news "source". News Networks however ARE. News is reliable on Twitter because you follow only who you trust, and you make the assumption that you're feed isn't being monkeyed with by Twitter. You're out of touch if you don't realize you can get more accurate news faster on Twitter than thru News Networks. Trust me on that. Plus what you get from the networks is all propaganda anyway, and generally not worth my time.
  - root_axis 6y ago
    > But none of the other technology artifacts rank even close Google end-to-end encryption journalism. e2e encrypted services keep journalists and their sources alive, it far outranks the petty trivialities of twitter. > News is reliable on Twitter because you follow only who you trust Every social media website has a "follow" feature, nothing is special about twitter that makes the publishers more trustworthy than any other social network. > You're out of touch if you don't realize you can get more accurate news faster on Twitter than thru News Networks. Trust me on that. I don't need to trust you, we can agree to disagree on your opinion that twitter is a good place to get news.
    - WClayFerguson 6y ago
      Most of that goes into the mode of "straw manning" my words, or switching topics, rather than addressing my points head on. Have a great night.
      - root_axis 6y ago
        Sorry you feel that way, but I quoted you verbatim and gave direct responses to what you wrote, not sure what else you want. You also have a great night.

If you think Twitter isn't the most important Journalistic tool nowadays you're living in a cave. It is. There's literally no way to get more accurate news faster, by following sources you trust.

root_axis 6y ago

> If you think Twitter isn't the most important Journalistic tool nowadays you're living in a cave. It is. Twitter is the most important journalistic tool? Not e-mail? Not end-to-end encrypted chat services? The entertainment website made up of mostly celebrity gossip, memes and culture war propaganda? I think you're the one living in a cave my friend, a cave built, owned and operated by twitter. Just because it's popular with many journalists doesn't mean its important. There's no doubt there are some amazing journalists who use twitter at some points during their day, but the overwhelming sum of what goes on twitter can hardly be considered "journalism". > There's literally no way to get more accurate news faster, by following sources you trust. That's your opinion, not a fact. There are many people who would say using twitter as your primary news source is a terrible idea. News on the internet is a billion dollar business, twitter is just one of many innumerable sources of real-time news on the internet.

WClayFerguson 6y ago
Point #1) Sure you can say email is as important as twitter. Good catch. Although taking my words too literally. But none of the other technology artifacts rank even close. And BTW if Google started censoring emails they'd be in BIG trouble just like Twitter is. Thanks for helping prove my point. Point #2) Twitter itself is not a news "source". News Networks however ARE. News is reliable on Twitter because you follow only who you trust, and you make the assumption that you're feed isn't being monkeyed with by Twitter. You're out of touch if you don't realize you can get more accurate news faster on Twitter than thru News Networks. Trust me on that. Plus what you get from the networks is all propaganda anyway, and generally not worth my time.
- root_axis 6y ago
  > But none of the other technology artifacts rank even close Google end-to-end encryption journalism. e2e encrypted services keep journalists and their sources alive, it far outranks the petty trivialities of twitter. > News is reliable on Twitter because you follow only who you trust Every social media website has a "follow" feature, nothing is special about twitter that makes the publishers more trustworthy than any other social network. > You're out of touch if you don't realize you can get more accurate news faster on Twitter than thru News Networks. Trust me on that. I don't need to trust you, we can agree to disagree on your opinion that twitter is a good place to get news.
  - WClayFerguson 6y ago
    Most of that goes into the mode of "straw manning" my words, or switching topics, rather than addressing my points head on. Have a great night.
    - root_axis 6y ago
      Sorry you feel that way, but I quoted you verbatim and gave direct responses to what you wrote, not sure what else you want. You also have a great night.