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I'd describe Twitter as closer to a news site in the modern era. There are a lot of journalists and other important public figures sharing information there, an

I'd describe Twitter as closer to a news site in the modern era. There are a lot of journalists and other important public figures sharing information there, and that's especially true for important live news events like earthquakes. (Twitter is the first place I check if I feel the house shake, for example.)

BowBun 4y ago
Absolutely not. A news site presumes that a majority of the content on there is vetted, researched, and somewhat accurate within the bounds of typical news bias. Twitter is an open platform that anyone can say anything on. It's a social media site, and people happen to post their personal stories/experiences. Nothing more. I believe we wouldn't have such issues with misinformation if people stopped giving so much weight to everything they read on Twitter/Reddit/Facebook/etc.
- hulitu 4y ago
  > A news site presumes that a majority of the content on there is vetted, researched, and somewhat accurate within the bounds of typical news bias. I don't know where you live, but here a news site is a site following political views or creating new stories which have nothing to do with reality. "researched, and somewhat accurate" is below 1 pecent of the site content.
eldaisfish 4y ago
the presence of journalists does not make twitter a "news" site. Twitter is a firehose of misinformation and nonsense, a fraction of which has some value.
- dwheeler 4y ago
  I agree with your point. But to be fair, many news sites are also a source of misinformation and nonsense, a fraction of which has some value. When hearing any news, I think it's important to get some independent verification before doing anything serious with it. News sites should be doing that verification, but they are strongly pressured to get news out fast, and verification often suffers.
rushilhalflife 4y ago
I'd say it's more a bulletin or news board than a news website itself. Journalists don't work for Twitter and write news articles, they just share it via Twitter as a medium.
linkjuice4all 4y ago
By this logic the sidewalk in front of a bunch of newspaper vending machines is also a news site.
- tankenmate 4y ago
  From a market of ideas vs information horizon perspective it is.
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bragr 4y ago
USGS has a much better site for that. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/
- BenjiWiebe 4y ago
  Twitter can actually be faster than USGS, in my experience. USGS can have a several minute delay sometimes, and Twitter can be merely seconds late.

BowBun 4y ago

Absolutely not. A news site presumes that a majority of the content on there is vetted, researched, and somewhat accurate within the bounds of typical news bias. Twitter is an open platform that anyone can say anything on. It's a social media site, and people happen to post their personal stories/experiences. Nothing more. I believe we wouldn't have such issues with misinformation if people stopped giving so much weight to everything they read on Twitter/Reddit/Facebook/etc.

hulitu 4y ago
> A news site presumes that a majority of the content on there is vetted, researched, and somewhat accurate within the bounds of typical news bias. I don't know where you live, but here a news site is a site following political views or creating new stories which have nothing to do with reality. "researched, and somewhat accurate" is below 1 pecent of the site content.

eldaisfish 4y ago

the presence of journalists does not make twitter a "news" site. Twitter is a firehose of misinformation and nonsense, a fraction of which has some value.

dwheeler 4y ago
I agree with your point. But to be fair, many news sites are also a source of misinformation and nonsense, a fraction of which has some value. When hearing any news, I think it's important to get some independent verification before doing anything serious with it. News sites should be doing that verification, but they are strongly pressured to get news out fast, and verification often suffers.

rushilhalflife 4y ago

I'd say it's more a bulletin or news board than a news website itself. Journalists don't work for Twitter and write news articles, they just share it via Twitter as a medium.

linkjuice4all 4y ago

By this logic the sidewalk in front of a bunch of newspaper vending machines is also a news site.

tankenmate 4y ago
From a market of ideas vs information horizon perspective it is.
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bragr 4y ago

USGS has a much better site for that. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

BenjiWiebe 4y ago
Twitter can actually be faster than USGS, in my experience. USGS can have a several minute delay sometimes, and Twitter can be merely seconds late.