Important to remember that Twitter is not a news source. It’s a recreation ground where people roleplay the personas they think will make them popular, and vent the frustrations of their daily lives by disguising them as political views.
Legit news sources comprise a tiny percentage of most people's feeds. The rest is made up of uninformed individuals who, by virtue of being human, are striving for likes/retweets and other forms of validation.
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It's still an amazing news source imo. Anytime a story breaks anywhere in the world, I'm very likely to see it pop up in my feed within minutes. The rest doesn't make it not a news source. Hell, many people are obviously not solely or even mostly concerned with popularity either.
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Twitter's noise to signal ratio is extremely high compared to a dedicated news website. And I think most people are interested in having their tweets liked and retweeted. Social validation is a very human desire.
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I’ve never seen Casn’s tweet. I research some things & if I see something that is not true I try to inform ppl.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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So be it. Me personally I am not on here for a popularity http://contest.You can decide whether or not to follow ppl or not.
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I see you have over 6,000 followers .
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