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Always was. It's why I found it so dismaying when we went through years of apparently serious newspapers reporting on every twitter-storm as if it was importan
by Nursie 1y ago
Always was.
It's why I found it so dismaying when we went through years of apparently serious newspapers reporting on every twitter-storm as if it was important. Yes, it was a good if unreliable source of breaking news, but the general noise of people fighting back and forwards about whatever it was that week ... was just noise, among a relatively small group of motivated crazies. Using it as a societal barometer just results in skewed coverage and an emphasis on American social issues that aren't necessarily as relevant everywhere else.
- apwell23 1y agoyep thats why these platforms are so toxic. bunch of lunatics locked in an asylum together.
- NotPractical 1y agoIt's shockingly common for people to cite Twitter and Bluesky posts as evidence of what the average American of political party X or Y believes. I do not understand how they came to be so deluded.
- array_key_first 1y agoUsually those people are literally quoting representatives of those parties. They are, wait for it, representative of their respective parties. I don't need to go find loonies. I can get on Twitter or Truth Social and get it from the horse's mouth.