Yes! I am so sick of seeing people draw conclusions from Twitter. Twitter is an incredible real-time data source for factual information (ex: is something liter

Yes! I am so sick of seeing people draw conclusions from Twitter. Twitter is an incredible real-time data source for factual information (ex: is something literally on fire?) but not a good source for real-time opinion polls. It only gives you the opinion of people who feel the need to share with the entire world, which is a certain personality type. There are two groups who I think need to learn this lesson: 1. Jouralists. I constantly see statements like "People are <X emotion> about <Y>" based on a handful of sassy tweets. That's not journalism. 2. Product Managers. If you get 10 tweets asking for a feature you'll hear the PM say "our users really want <X>" which is not true. 10 extremely online users want <X>. I am convinced that this is how so many apps get dark mode but don't get actual new features. Note: yes I realize I am posting on HN about how nobody should listen to people online. The hypocrisy is real.