This is something I've been thinking about a lot. Movements used to be more organized and hierarchical; you had leaders whose statements represented the will of the movement. Now, any leader tends to get canceled in 5 minutes.https://twitter.com/MaybeItsSteve/status/1300503649312010240 …
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@mgurri makes in "The Revolt of the Public" (https://www.amazon.com/Revolt-Public-Crisis-Authority-Millennium/dp/1732265143 …). Modern movements tend to be leaderless self-organizing flash mobs, driven by social media. This makes it very hard to tell what the movement "wants". Because no one speaks for the movement.6 replies 7 retweets 48 likesShow this thread -
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Can't not mention
@zeynep's excellent Twitter and Tear Gas https://smile.amazon.com/Twitter-Tear-Gas-Fragility-Networked/dp/0300234171 …1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Kim-Mai Cutler
Yeah people keep mentioning it but doesn’t seem to work.
https://twitter.com/kimmaicutler/status/1290353170451898369 …
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