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The year Twitter died: a special series from The Verge (www.theverge.com)
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[–] 23 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Day to day? no

When shit hits the fan? The Arab Spring is probably the quintessential example. But https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter#Usage_2 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter_usage are good reads to be aware. Rather than just, ironically, do a drive by hot take for the engagement.

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Plenty of people were linked to it, sure, but that would be the same without Twitter, too. Twitter is not a new type of service nor is it unique. It’s a flavour.

    I think you are stuck in your own bias.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yes. If a different service had the same market share and the same base concept it would fulfill the same role.

    But twitter is what fulfilled that role in this timeline. And, as many of us have been lamenting since the chudstain bought it, that is a very major loss.

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The world is not and was not a better place with Twitter in it. Grow up.

    People are generally stupid and easily influenced. Not sure if you’ve noticed but (“western”) society has pretty much taken a nose dive over the last couple of decades. Social media such as Twitter and Facebook are a big reason for that.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Personally, I think giving a voice to the voiceless is important and twitter's role in many of the protests listed in the wikipedia links I assume you ignored have been incredibly important. Especially as it gives a venue to convey information that news outlets might shy away from for a range of reasons.

    If supporting civil disobedience and a way for people to rapidly communicate and coordinate searches in times of emergencies is childish then I hope to never "grow up"/

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