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I don't think this is entirely new. One thing that confuses people is that social media (ie twitter) is all shared, so if a scandal happens anywhere you see it.

by slyall 4y ago

I don't think this is entirely new. One thing that confuses people is that social media (ie twitter) is all shared, so if a scandal happens anywhere you see it. So 20+ years ago I wouldn't be getting bombarded by scandals surrounding "Lizzo and a flute" and "Liz and a mini-budget" at the same time. If I lived in the US I'd get one and in the UK another. The Try Guys would have a TV show that was very niche or a morning breakfast show in Chicago. The scandal would be all over the local media and barely covered elsewhere.

CogitoCogito 4y ago
> I don't think this is entirely new. One thing that confuses people is that social media (ie twitter) is all shared, so if a scandal happens anywhere you see it. I kind of think it's the exact opposite. We all have our own individual views of reality and are only able to see an extremely small subset of what's going on. Whereas before you were mainly reached by broadcast media that others would see as well, now you and the person next to you might have an entirely different feed of information coming in. To me it's not surprising at all that the author doesn't know "all the things going on". Really I think the author should consider the opposite: this is probably just an example of a million similar things that everyone should know about, but that he does not.