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.
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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That doesn't even come close to making it not a news source. If you're on Twitter and you follow a good number of people, you're going to be very up to date on the news and it doesn't take a genius to sift through the noise to get to the news. And the rest is common everywhere.
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Okay, it is a news source, albeit a terribly precarious and inefficient one, unless of course your feed consists largely of objective reporters and news outlets, which very, very few are.
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@LondonEconomic talking about a Fortune teller's predictions. Dedicated media might not be all its cracked up to be.... -
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@LondonEconomic so wouldn't trust it. I was referring to the likes of NYT, WP, etc, which, despite their flaws, do generally abide by rigorous journalistic standards. - 1 more reply
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