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It is the fastest way to surface new information. For example this XKCD actually happened during the 2011 earthquake n Virginia. Folks in PA and NY saw the twee
by snowwrestler 4y ago
It is the fastest way to surface new information. For example this XKCD actually happened during the 2011 earthquake n Virginia. Folks in PA and NY saw the tweets before they felt it.
https://xkcd.com/723/ https://xkcd.com/723/
The news about the Osama bin Laden raid first broke on Twitter. The news of the Mar-a-Lago raid first broke on Twitter. News of Heartbleed first broke on Twitter.
Every other platform has basically abandoned efforts to compete with Twitter in this area. Reporters are on Twitter because it’s faster than their own news sites. Google piloted a “real time search” product and gave it up.
In addition, I find a lot of hilarious humor content there. It’s amazing what jokes can fit into 280 characters and a couple image or short video files.