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There’s something I find holistically loathesome that a) other people read twitter at all, leading to b) it actually matters and has to fall under legal jurisdi
by travisgriggs 5y ago
There’s something I find holistically loathesome that a) other people read twitter at all, leading to b) it actually matters and has to fall under legal jurisdiction. If people moved on and quit reading twitter, this just wouldn’t matter.
- MattRix 5y agoTwitter is quite different from most of other social networks out there. It’s much more immediate, which has a lot of benefits but also a lot of drawbacks. You might not like it yourself, but surely you can see the appeal?
- travisgriggs 5y agoNope. 12 years ago, College Humor pretty much pegged it for me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTN9We8unmU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTN9We8unmU I still think it applies.
- MattRix 5y agoOh come on, that video doesn’t capture it at all. First of all the people who follow you actually choose to follow you, AND they choose when to read twitter, which already changes the dynamic completely from the video. On top of that, that video (and your view of Twitter) is based on what Twitter was like 12 years ago. These days it’s used by world leaders to make important declarations. It’s used by war correspondents. There are two-way discussions and twitter threads by experts in every field. Twitter has substance and importance now.
- hackernewsblows 5y ago