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If it wasn't twitter it would be Facebook or something else we can't even imagine. The problem is Americans.

• nerdponx 4y ago
  Didn't the moral equivalent of a Twitter mob lead to Brexit? The problem is humans.
  • superchroma 4y ago
    Yes. It's definitely not a blue/red team issue. More generally, I think the problem is low information humans. Humans who react with emotions first reflexively and then selectively scrape available data to build up some sandcastle to support their actions. With Brexit, there was some vague notion of exploitation by the EU and by immigrants, and of lost sovereignty, and with Twitter mobs, it's of some great unpunished injustice. With the former, it leads to people voting against their own interests, and with the latter, a rejection of law and order and a return to half hearted vigilante justice.
  • disgruntledphd2 4y ago
    Sort of. Brexit was mostly driven by all the right wing tabloids, which have been around long before social media.
  • origin_path 4y ago
    If you're describing more than half a country as a "Twitter mob", I suggest the analogy is flawed.
    • nerdponx 4y ago
      I'm not sure it is. The reason that Twitter mobs hold sway over university administrators is that they represent a large enough subset of the University community, including enough individuals of influence in power. A mob does not have to be a minority.