if you are in media — especially purely digital media — it is your JOB to know how social media affects the news cycle. 2/
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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.
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(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
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Here you see the good old "social media silliness is distracting from the real world" approach. I know it well.pic.twitter.com/We89udT6d9
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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 --
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This piece is basically someone saying they don't like the career they've chosen, and trying to blame the game.
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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,
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The bigger issue is 'media twitter' is not 'real world twitter' and media twitter continually forgets this. Your nightmare is not universal.
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<gets on soapbox> <clears throat> THESE TWO THINGS ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.pic.twitter.com/chtC10udGX
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The roller coaster of viral factory journalism is entirely opt-in. You can follow higher quality accounts. You can disengage from the churn.
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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.
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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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And when I need a break, I take it. And when I come back, I say 'Well that was nice for me, what'd I miss?' not 'UGH TWITTER SUX.'
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