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There are two cohorts who dramatically overestimate Twitter's influence and importance - tech people and journalists. Twitter really is not very important. At m
by WheatMillington 4y ago
There are two cohorts who dramatically overestimate Twitter's influence and importance - tech people and journalists. Twitter really is not very important. At my non tech workplace of 800 people, I'd be surprised if 50 were active on Twitter.
- dlkf 4y ago“Most people aren’t on twitter” is not a valid argument against twitter’s influence. Compare with “most people aren’t CEOs”, “most people aren’t politicians,” etc. Some people have a lot more influence than others, and the influential people are disproportionately on twitter.
- 2pEXgD0fZ5cF 4y ago> tech people and journalists Also politicians. That is the whole problem though, isn't it? A few hundred random people on Twitter are often more than enough to manufacture a wave of articles across multiple news websites and newspapers. Twitter isn't important, the problem is that influential entities think that Twitter is important (and representative).
- endorphinbomber 4y ago>Twitter isn't important, the problem is that influential entities think that Twitter is important (and representative). Which makes it important..
- 2pEXgD0fZ5cF 4y agoCorrect, as long as the illusion stays up.