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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Nov 2017

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Mark Berman

      Look, mark my words, these men are targeting schools to "one up" Newtown. This is a spiral of twisted, horrific gamification of guns *and* attention. They are going for the "worst ever." PLEASE PLEASE LET'S STOP PUTTING THEIR FACES ON FRONT PAGES AND ON LOOP ON TV.https://twitter.com/markberman/status/930616604106330112 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Mark BermanVerified account @markberman
      A gunman in California killed 4 people today during a shooting rampage -- and an even greater horror may have been narrowly averted, because he couldn't get into an elementary school http://wapo.st/2zGNU8k  pic.twitter.com/jI9SPW9fFi
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Nov 2017

      Having a country awash in guns is, obviously and of course, giant part of story, but so is a distorted, twisted and evil drive for posthumous attention to their murder-spree-and-suicide. How long more will we play their game on their terms?

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Nov 2017

          There is nothing more to learn from another long profile, interviews with the befuddled neighbors. There is no benefit to methodological tracing of their steps, gunshot by gunshot. No more weapon porn. Just name the gun, no pictures. Stop playing the snuff films they direct.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Nov 2017

          I'm despondent about what it will take editors and journalists to realize what they are doing. There are ways to report all this responsibly. Yes, I know these stories bring clicks. We are drawn to the horror; but we are helping replicate it.

          7 replies 44 retweets 155 likes
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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Nov 2017

          Just like old-school journalism had a wall, in principle at least, between advertisers and the journalists, we often need a wall between the damn dashboard and the journalists & editors. Yes, news should strive to be read, but that cannot be the only consideration.

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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Nov 2017

          These murderers are, collectively, moving up the skill set, and racing to up the numbers for more attention. They are horrible, evil men, but often their distorted minds aren't as competent as they could be at mass murder. The numbers can easily get worse and worse. Much worse.

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        6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Nov 2017

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted

          They do this for suicide without mass murder, too. There are perfectly sensible CDC guidelines to follow since contagion and copycats are established effects. There *is* a way to responsibly report all this. https://twitter.com/BillCapHill/status/930791128865103872 …

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        7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Nov 2017

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted  🥀 Mrs. de Winter  💉 💉  💉

          The issue and the incidents *need* attention, but on much, much different terms. Bury their names, skip the useless profiles, don't play their snuff films, no more weapon porn, no more how-to manuals disguised as reporting. Cover the structural dynamics.https://twitter.com/rluxford/status/930793817913151488 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

           🥀 Mrs. de Winter  💉 💉  💉 @rluxford
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          I saw a lot of complaints yesterday on Twitter that it wasn’t getting *enough* attention, and that lack was “normalizing” the violence.
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        8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Nov 2017

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted

          The Newtown mass murderer collected clippings of previous mass school shootings. The next one is probably obsessed with the media coverage of the Las Vegas shooter. https://twitter.com/_MogoGL/status/930810883126767616 …

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        9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 16 Nov 2017

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted AP West Region

          This is so horrific. The irresponsible media environment has gamified body counts, especially at schools and with youngest victims. Yes yes yes address guns—but also this. What will it take?https://twitter.com/apwestregion/status/931109328613978113 …

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          AP West RegionVerified account @APWestRegion
          Quick-thinking school personnel saved dozens of students when Northern California gunman targeted campus. http://apne.ws/7CmGNGW 
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        1. Natasha Julius‏ @NatashaMJulius 15 Nov 2017
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          This feels like a question that should be asked in every public (and private) forum in America. Sadly, we don't seem capable of this level of introspection.

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