Why Twitter Must Be Saved
People have a rose-tinted view of Twitter.<p><i>And yet it is Twitter that has reaffirmed itself as the most powerful antidote to Facebook’s algorithm: misinformation certainly spreads via a tweet, but truth follows unusually quickly; thanks to the power of retweets and quoted tweets, both are far more inescapable than they are on Facebook.</i><p>What is the evidence of this? Even if "truth" follows misinformation on Twitter, there's so much noise, how do you find it?<p><i>that the greatest menace to freedom is an inert people; that public discussion is a political duty,</i><p>Twitter isn't public discussion, unless you consider the following examples of discussion:<p><i>Every time I speak of the haters and losers I do so with great love and affection. They cannot help the fact that they were born fucked up!</i> - Trump<p><i>Delete your account.</i> - Clinton<p>Riveting.<p>Don't tell me that Twitter is a vital part of discussion when public discussion has gotten worse over the past 9 years. This is a long blog post and only the last few paragraphs even begin to touch on "why Twitter must be saved", but there's not arguments beyond the sentimental.<p>Twitter has existed for less than a decade and society got along just fine without it. It's not as important as people think it is. The author is also absolutely wrong if they believe that Twitter isn't censored similarly to FB.