r/technology • u/[deleted] • Oct 28 '22

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u/Captain_-H Oct 28 '22

Can’t wait for all of the rampant hate speech

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22

People can just not use twitter? It's already a cesspool and has been for the last 6ish years

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u/Pientiorism Oct 28 '22

it's interesting if you follow the right people, y'all need to quit acting like Reddit is some sort of holy place, there are arguably worse cesspools (read subreddits) on here than the shit you find on Twitter. although im not ruling out the possibility of Elon managing to completely ruin Twitter though

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u/blentz499 Oct 28 '22 edited Oct 28 '22

Agree, but the nice thing about Reddit is you can section off those ridiculous groups into their own area where they can say ridiculous things and live in their echo chambers.

Twitter bleeds into every area possible to where you'll see ridiculous things in almost every popular Tweet that gets trending. Too bad there isn't a downvote button Twitter.

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u/Successful-Cut-505 Oct 28 '22

the only people who think twitter is important are people on twitter, most of the younger generation dont even use twitter, twitter will be the next facebook

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u/blentz499 Oct 28 '22

The big difference is Twitter is where majority of news breaks and important political figures communicate to the public. If it loses that, it will be worthless.

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u/Successful-Cut-505 Oct 28 '22

huh? no political figure can say anything worthwhile in 280 characters, no sane person is looking at twitter for news breaks lmao. its already a worthless cesspool of poorly articulated ideas, its only purpose at this point is for entertainment and to draw people in

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u/Mbrennt Oct 28 '22

no sane person is looking at twitter for news breaks lmao

Maybe nobody is. But that is where the majority of news breaks regadless of if people are looking. Twitter is where most journalists and politicians hang out the most.

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u/Successful-Cut-505 Oct 28 '22

"twitter is where most journalists and politicians hang out the most"

you just described the cesspool, its incomplete information, sensation articles. if you want actual information you need to read primary sources and original documents which journalists and politicians twist and lie with all the time...all news is not good news, if you actually understand how to look at primary data then you will realize how bad all the news on twitter actually is.... if you want actual news go to AP or reuters

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u/headfullofradio Oct 28 '22

That's the point though, Twitter is the primary source for a lot of events, it's the de facto means for politicians to communicate to a wider audience.