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Twitter is the public square more than it a news source. The effects of loud voices there lead to global, real world change. Journalists talk to and police each

Twitter is the public square more than it a news source. The effects of loud voices there lead to global, real world change. Journalists talk to and police each other there. Celebrities influence millions of people there, enough to where people pay them to tweet certain things advantageous to them (“buy these cool Nike shoes!”). 4chan is an anonymous, interest-based forum that is more or less irrelevant to most non-internet people.

throwaway6734 5y ago
>Twitter is the public square more than it a news source ~20% of Americans use twitter. (https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/04/10/share-of-u-s-adults-using-social-media-including-facebook-is-mostly-unchanged-since-2018/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/04/10/share-of-u-...) There's definitely some influence there, but the twitter's importance and impact on the world is severely overhyped.
- panopticon 5y ago
  > There's definitely some influence there, but the twitter's importance and impact on the world is severely overhyped. I'm not sure I would make the same claim. Twitter is wildly popular among journalists, pundits, and other members of the media. Due to its outsized importance within these groups of people, I can easily see Twitter playing a large role in shaping media narratives.