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Live by Twitter, die by Twitter. Some people here despise Facebook for privacy concerns, but it's still a useful private network for family and friends not con

Live by Twitter, die by Twitter. Some people here despise Facebook for privacy concerns, but it's still a useful private network for family and friends not constrained by the message/length format. Twitter generates so much negativity, so much strife between people who constantly yell at each other over nothing that socially it is the most toxic place on the internet. As for public officials using Twitter, a private company for their main communication channel instead of using government websites, they need to stop doing that.

newguy1234 6y ago
Glad I'm not the only one that feels that way about twitter. When I first used it and saw all the hate speech and negative comments I was like "who on earth would even use this platform?" It really reminded me of 4chan.
- esja 6y ago
  4chan is almost certainly less toxic than Twitter at the societal level. And due to its design (anonymity etc) it may also be less toxic to the average individual participant, in terms of emotional/psychological harm.
spidersouris 6y ago
> As for public officials using Twitter, a private company for their main communication channel instead of using government websites, they need to stop doing that. That's a relevant point and I hope every public official would do this. However, what people seem to miss is that Twitter, just like other social media such as Facebook or Instagram, started to, in people's mind, transform into a public agora and lose their private status. The thing is they gained so much power and became so essential and valuable as far as society and political life are concerned that they're now considered as communication channels where everyone, including public officials, should have the right to express their opinion as long as it doesn't break the TOS, which is something I can, in fact, hardly disapprove.
nullc 6y ago
> Twitter generates so much negativity, so much strife between people who constantly yell at each other over nothing that socially it is the most toxic place on the internet. Beef. It's what's for twitter.
esja 6y ago
We must be nearing the point where companies decide it's better not to have a Twitter presence.

newguy1234 6y ago

Glad I'm not the only one that feels that way about twitter. When I first used it and saw all the hate speech and negative comments I was like "who on earth would even use this platform?" It really reminded me of 4chan.

esja 6y ago
4chan is almost certainly less toxic than Twitter at the societal level. And due to its design (anonymity etc) it may also be less toxic to the average individual participant, in terms of emotional/psychological harm.

spidersouris 6y ago

> As for public officials using Twitter, a private company for their main communication channel instead of using government websites, they need to stop doing that. That's a relevant point and I hope every public official would do this. However, what people seem to miss is that Twitter, just like other social media such as Facebook or Instagram, started to, in people's mind, transform into a public agora and lose their private status. The thing is they gained so much power and became so essential and valuable as far as society and political life are concerned that they're now considered as communication channels where everyone, including public officials, should have the right to express their opinion as long as it doesn't break the TOS, which is something I can, in fact, hardly disapprove.

nullc 6y ago

> Twitter generates so much negativity, so much strife between people who constantly yell at each other over nothing that socially it is the most toxic place on the internet. Beef. It's what's for twitter.

esja 6y ago

We must be nearing the point where companies decide it's better not to have a Twitter presence.