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I think the “the masses” implies there are actually a lot of people still reading Twitter… perhaps it's just my bubble, but I feel not many actual humans are im
by isodev 3y ago
I think the “the masses” implies there are actually a lot of people still reading Twitter… perhaps it's just my bubble, but I feel not many actual humans are impacted by this change.
- avgcorrection 3y agoUse of that phrase tends to either signal that the author thinks that their little bubble is larger than it really is or that they have some sort of paternalistic need to inform this not-me-but-most-everyone-else group of people (or be concerned on their behalf). Or both.
- adhesive_wombat 3y agoOr it's self-aware mockery from a website that deliberately riffs on breathless and overblown British tabloid journalism.
- avgcorrection 3y agoI think Brits will have to get used to outsiders not understanding their culture as much as they did in the past.
- plorkyeran 3y agoAlternatively non-Brits may need to recognize that they aren't the primary target audience of British media and it's not a problem if they misunderstand something.
- avgcorrection 3y agoThe Britishness of this piece flew under my radar on account of it being an article about Twitter/X.
- gardenhedge 3y agoFor the past decade the most use of twitter, in my experience, has been the media reporting from/about it. I've known 1 or 2 people in real life who use it