Posted on 05/28/2016 9:23:12 AM PDT by OddLane
One of the most interesting social media platforms-and aside from Facebook itself, the most popular one in the English language-is Twitter. The evangelists of this global means of communication would claim it’s responsible for catalyzing a host of revolutions within otherwise repressed dictatorships, while its critics might describe it as a meaningless echo chamber which others use to exploit journalistic credulity.
Even as its user base declines and it struggles to find a viable revenue model, it can’t be denied that Twitter exerts an outsized influence, if only upon the narratives crafted by the mainstream news media. A perfect example being the imbecilic campaign to turn an iconic Marvel hero into a gay man.
That’s why the suppression of non-leftist perspectives on this platform is such an important issue, regardless of how one might view the utility of Twitter itself. It not only bolsters the already skewed terms of debate by both feeding an extraordinarily lazy, monolithic media fuel and denying the opportunity for genuinely fresh voices to be heard...
social media is an absolute cesspool.
Social media allows me on one side of the country to read your comment posted from the other side of the country and respond in (almost) realtime.
But I would agree that leftist-dominated social media is a cesspool.
It’s a cesspool if ones interests gravitate towards the latest Kardashian Caitlin Jenner faux drama.
Twitter specifically is a great resource for breaking news.
There are also a number of cutting edge journalists, business people, entrepreneurs and politos that choose to get their message out via Twitter, like Mr Trump.
Don’t lump all of Twitter into the same category. You’re missing some great stuff.
You do realize that Free Republic is an example of social media, right?
No, it isn’t. It certainly is not.
Twitter is an especially good example of the uselessness of social media. People that think in 140 character snippets give me the creeps.
Social media does not just mean Facebook and Twitter.
Online forums (such as Free Republic) most certainly fit the definition of social media.
I suppose we could spend time defining the differences between forums and sits like Facebook, but then we could also spend time arguing how many angels would fit on the head of a pin.
0bama rambles on for hours with thousands of words.
There is no correlation between the number of words written and the value gained from them or the knowledge within them.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Twitter can be a great source of information and news. It’s all in how you use it.
Based on ones preferences,Twitter clearly does not appeal to everyone, but it’s silly to dismiss it entirely as useless.
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