1/ There's a corner of social justice Twitter that apparently still thinks it's unethical to write about someone by name or quote their
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2/ work if they haven't given you explicit permissions. This is... insane. And no journalist in the country works by these norms, because
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3/ it would preemptively shut down a huge amount of reporting. SJ Twitter is not doing itself any favors by continuing to spread the idea
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4/that this is a belief held anywhere outside its own community, because it isn't. That isn't how journalism works. Weird this is a thing
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Related tendency: declaring anyone who replies negatively to tweets as "invading my mentions" rather than... engaging in an open platform
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because there's no consensus about twitter norms anyone can accuse anyone of anything at any point. which is convenient!
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The complete lack of consensus around Twitter norms fuels a really depressing array of contemporary social problems
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