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I honestly feel insulted when people talk bout twitter as “the global consciousness”. I am not on twitter. Neither are billions of global human beings.

• themanmaran 5y ago
  Twitter has 229 million daily active users (likely including bot accounts). A far cry from Facebook and Instagram's 1.9 billion daily active users. I know it's a big site, but the "global consciousness" or "world's town square" are just Twitter user's stroking their ego.
  • grogenaut 5y ago
    I think that's cause many of them are in the journalism space
    • bluefirebrand 5y ago
      This is 100% why you hear so much about Twitter. Journalists are all on it. That's all.
      • slg 5y ago
        It is not just journalists, it is most of the people who shape culture including politicians and entertainers. That is why Twitter has a bigger multiplier effect than other social media platforms compared to their number of users. You may not consume Twitter directly, but odds are you still consume it filtered through the minds of the most powerful people in our culture.