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I found that the hard part was separating the signal from the noise. There was too much noise and too many conflicting narratives. Not that there wasn't any o
by SketchySeaBeast 3y ago
I found that the hard part was separating the signal from the noise. There was too much noise and too many conflicting narratives. Not that there wasn't any of that on TV, but with Twitter it was amplified and came at you so quickly.
- flkenosad 3y agoTwitter is where journalists find out what the different view points even are.
- JohnFen 3y ago> Twitter is where journalists find out what the different view points even are. That's actually disturbing, since Twitter users are a unique demographic all by themselves. Twitter has never adequately represented the wider spectrum of viewpoints (and, from everything I hear, is worse at it now than ever before).
- baud147258 3y agoor where the journalists go to find that one tweet with outrageous claims, to then spin in a full article on how "people believe X!"
- Aloha 3y agoVery very hard. You get better with it over time, and I'm reasonably good at reading people - much of it could be tossed out for just being absurd on its face.