Twitter is - now more than ever - also the first place for eyewitness accounts for things that didn't happen. For me, that nullifies most of the value of early

Twitter is - now more than ever - also the first place for eyewitness accounts for things that didn't happen. For me, that nullifies most of the value of early breaking news on Twitter, I generally wait until it's verified by other more trustworthy platforms. Edit: in the past, the rampant misinformation and botnet voting rings were limited to "Trending Hashtags". Now bad actors and edgelords have direct access to my (and everyone else's) default view ("For you")