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The last US President used Twitter as his primary way to communicate with the world. That on its own has serious security implications. I agree with you that w

The last US President used Twitter as his primary way to communicate with the world. That on its own has serious security implications. I agree with you that we have landed in not a great place.

SV_BubbleTime 4y ago
> The last US President used Twitter as his primary way to communicate with the world. Without it sounding like an endorsement or defense of the guy… I never would have believed without seeing it, just how furious this made the media and other politicians. That you have a guy come in who said forget the system, I’m going talk to the people directly (and say some dumb things now and then). I still attest that some of the Trump hate is solely because groups of people that control the narrative in the US were excluded from creation and forced to be on narrative-adjustment. Agreed, this isn’t a good place. One platform should not have this level of influence.
- smsm42 4y ago
  It wasn't the platform. As you can see, it took some time, but Trump found a way to do the same without Twitter. Despite all the efforts of Big Tech to control the access to public discussion, they still can't make it airtight, and contain somebody of Trump's caliber. Arguably, they have more luck with people of the smaller caliber though. And that's definitely not a good place. It's not about the specific guy, it's about how eager the Big Social turned out to be to control what we think and what we are allowed to talk about.
slowmovintarget 4y ago
I hope we get to a place where we all agree that a sitting U.S. President should not "tweet." The White House maintains a Press Secretary for a reason. Granted, the current person holding the job is no C.J. Craig.
- raarts 4y ago
  Like traditional secretaries, the WH Press Secretary may have become obsolete.
- nradov 4y ago
  I don't agree. The US president (and other politicians) should have a convenient way to communicate directly with the public, without the message being distorted by media organizations. Ideally though it should be a service that can't be censored; Twitter frequently censors users based on the arbitrary whims of their employees.
- jacobolus 4y ago
  Both Psaki and Jean-Pierre have been excellent press secretaries. C.J. Craig is a fictional character written to be superhumanly prescient and witty in response to fictional crises.

The last US President used Twitter as his primary way to communicate with the world. That on its own has serious security implications. I agree with you that we have landed in not a great place.

SV_BubbleTime 4y ago

> The last US President used Twitter as his primary way to communicate with the world. Without it sounding like an endorsement or defense of the guy… I never would have believed without seeing it, just how furious this made the media and other politicians. That you have a guy come in who said forget the system, I’m going talk to the people directly (and say some dumb things now and then). I still attest that some of the Trump hate is solely because groups of people that control the narrative in the US were excluded from creation and forced to be on narrative-adjustment. Agreed, this isn’t a good place. One platform should not have this level of influence.

smsm42 4y ago
It wasn't the platform. As you can see, it took some time, but Trump found a way to do the same without Twitter. Despite all the efforts of Big Tech to control the access to public discussion, they still can't make it airtight, and contain somebody of Trump's caliber. Arguably, they have more luck with people of the smaller caliber though. And that's definitely not a good place. It's not about the specific guy, it's about how eager the Big Social turned out to be to control what we think and what we are allowed to talk about.

slowmovintarget 4y ago

I hope we get to a place where we all agree that a sitting U.S. President should not "tweet." The White House maintains a Press Secretary for a reason. Granted, the current person holding the job is no C.J. Craig.

raarts 4y ago
Like traditional secretaries, the WH Press Secretary may have become obsolete.
nradov 4y ago
I don't agree. The US president (and other politicians) should have a convenient way to communicate directly with the public, without the message being distorted by media organizations. Ideally though it should be a service that can't be censored; Twitter frequently censors users based on the arbitrary whims of their employees.
jacobolus 4y ago
Both Psaki and Jean-Pierre have been excellent press secretaries. C.J. Craig is a fictional character written to be superhumanly prescient and witty in response to fictional crises.