Don’t get me wrong, I’m active here so not saying it’s wrong to be. But the sampling here is clearly very lopsided. But it’s easy to look only here and gain impressions that look solid but aren’t necessarily so if you do the legwork—which is getting harder, given state of media.
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But it’s a feedback cycle! Media people quote the most accessible people who are sometimes, in fact, a group, which then gets represented as what we know and then the busy scientists not on here may decide that’s not a hill to die on—or not even notice. They’re not even asked.
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Finally lots of people have stopped commenting here at all because it’s so unpleasant. Pile-ons, accusations... I think retrospectively we are going to find all this is why so many things are so confusing on the surface. More so then the reality. Twitter isn’t a good source.
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Let me add this here. I’m not talking about a “good or bad” framing, but pointing out a feedback cycle that’s been documented before and one that gets stronger with time (exactly because of the feedback nature). It can exist along with the obvious other dynamics we can see.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1396529721538748418 …
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And yep, this also true. In fact, I’m struck by how similar this is to what many social movements experienced: spectacularly useful early on exactly like that, but, over time, other dynamics make it harder to get that value out of it as the other feedback cycle tightens.https://twitter.com/Busabx/status/1396468797582712843 …
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Twitter is a great if you are a reporter WFH. You can easily get access to various credentialed experts, know their opinions in advance, draft your article, contact the ones you agree with for a few confirmatory quotes, and your job is EASY! Great for the reporter!!
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Reporters can basically write opinion pieces as news, but rather than admit it’s their opinion, they just select “experts” who agree with them and quote them. Don’t contact the ones who disagree and they can present it as scientific consensus. Brilliant!
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Now do Twitter / media / social media fact checking cycle.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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