I am not trying to be a dick here but ... you didn't know this before?pic.twitter.com/t9j96xFl6w
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I am not trying to be a dick here but ... you didn't know this before?pic.twitter.com/t9j96xFl6w
if you are in media — especially purely digital media — it is your JOB to know how social media affects the news cycle. 2/
You exist nearly full-time in this space where most readers are casual visitors. Your job is to help them navigate it, as it affects them.
(oh lord she's relitigating the leggings incident. most people knew quickly it was United policy and they ~disagreed with the policy~)pic.twitter.com/OZ7y8TrfHb
Here you see the good old "social media silliness is distracting from the real world" approach. I know it well.pic.twitter.com/We89udT6d9
I go through this a lot too. The idea that we're tweeting while Rome burns. Going to bed and wondering what real work I accomplished. But --
This piece is basically someone saying they don't like the career they've chosen, and trying to blame the game.
erin mccann | Retweeted Michael Gold
Anyway, I started out not wanting to harp on this specific piece.https://twitter.com/migold/status/872078281822097409 …
erin mccann | added,
The bigger issue is 'media twitter' is not 'real world twitter' and media twitter continually forgets this. Your nightmare is not universal.
<gets on soapbox> <clears throat> THESE TWO THINGS ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.pic.twitter.com/chtC10udGX
The roller coaster of viral factory journalism is entirely opt-in. You can follow higher quality accounts. You can disengage from the churn.
If it's a really big deal it'll work its way up to you, I promise! Then you wouldn't be so mad about the early phase of Leggings-Gate.
I simultaneously hate Twitter and love Twitter, but I accept the fact that I live on Twitter, and that is purely on me, not on 'the system'
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