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Twitter has a really high membership ratio in journalism and politics - pretty much every professional journalist and politician is very active. Whether this i

Twitter has a really high membership ratio in journalism and politics - pretty much every professional journalist and politician is very active. Whether this is a good thing for society is a different question. (I'd argue that it's not and that Twitter should be closed down. But I know that's an unpopular opinion)

oooooooooooow 6y ago
I reckon it's not as unpopular as you might think.
- afiori 6y ago
  Twitter is very popular among influential people
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owl57 6y ago
Twitter should be closed down It probably can't be closed down in a way that's not even worse than current situation. Even if there's no coercion and management just has the revelation and decides to close shop, some (probably Chinese-owned) clone will probably reach the same position soon, what's the win?
jeresuikkila 6y ago
Does your closing down suggestion only apply to Twitter or also other social media platforms? What would the effect be?
- rstupek 6y ago
  I think the other social media platforms don't have as much of a mega phone effect that twitter does? Twitter posts by default can be seen by the world which differs from other social media sites?
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  - SAI_Peregrinus 6y ago
    I think most other social media sites are public by default. Reddit, most forums, Youtube, TikTok, HN, etc.
- marcus_holmes 6y ago
  I don't know why Twitter is the one they all chose. It's unique in restricting the size of posts, maybe that's it? I don't know what the effect would be. I don't think we can roll the clock back to 1995. But equally given the current situation in the USA I don't think the status quo is sustainable. If you forced me to give an answer, then I think there should be a 1-hour delay on all tweets. It's the immediacy of the thing that gives it the power. If we just slowed it down then I think it would work better, because human nature.

oooooooooooow 6y ago

I reckon it's not as unpopular as you might think.

afiori 6y ago
Twitter is very popular among influential people
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owl57 6y ago

Twitter should be closed down It probably can't be closed down in a way that's not even worse than current situation. Even if there's no coercion and management just has the revelation and decides to close shop, some (probably Chinese-owned) clone will probably reach the same position soon, what's the win?

jeresuikkila 6y ago

Does your closing down suggestion only apply to Twitter or also other social media platforms? What would the effect be?

rstupek 6y ago
I think the other social media platforms don't have as much of a mega phone effect that twitter does? Twitter posts by default can be seen by the world which differs from other social media sites?
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- SAI_Peregrinus 6y ago
  I think most other social media sites are public by default. Reddit, most forums, Youtube, TikTok, HN, etc.
marcus_holmes 6y ago
I don't know why Twitter is the one they all chose. It's unique in restricting the size of posts, maybe that's it? I don't know what the effect would be. I don't think we can roll the clock back to 1995. But equally given the current situation in the USA I don't think the status quo is sustainable. If you forced me to give an answer, then I think there should be a 1-hour delay on all tweets. It's the immediacy of the thing that gives it the power. If we just slowed it down then I think it would work better, because human nature.