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A news aggregator potentially could have been a public good. But it's impossible to have adult discussions about the nuanced, difficult topics of the day in 14
by psunavy03 3y ago
A news aggregator potentially could have been a public good. But it's impossible to have adult discussions about the nuanced, difficult topics of the day in 140/280 character sound bites. This caused the loudest, most obnoxious, immature, and simplistic takes to rise to the top.
Like a drunken argument at a house party between undergrads, Twitter promoted discourse that was literally sophomoric, and it was a direct cause of the toxic culture war environment in the US today.