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I think most people are not Online in the way this article wants them to be. Certainly I read or watch things on the Internet most every day, make a few comment
by none_to_remain 4y ago
I think most people are not Online in the way this article wants them to be. Certainly I read or watch things on the Internet most every day, make a few comments here and there, but somehow banning me entirely from the Internet would not affect my social life beyond the annoyance of my friends, family, and associates losing certain contact methods.
The problem, though, is that it seems our politicians and journalists are increasingly Online and losing the ability to distinguish it from real life
- brightlancer 4y agoPoliticians aren't very "Online"; they're in e-mail and IMs with staffers, but they aren't engaging on social media, which is what Noah is really referring to. The issue I see is that journalists are increasingly _only_ "Online" and, until last year, ran Twitter as their petty fiefdom. Because they're having their conversations amongst themselves and rarely with anyone outside, they think their conversations (especially Twitter) are 90% of reality. And that then feeds back to politicians, who are very responsive to what journalists say -- even if it isn't true, journalists can repeat something often enough with clickbait and weasel headlines until folks believe it to be true.