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Re: On Using Twitter

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Post by dakiol »

eertami wrote: post #9

One thing this article doesn't mention is that it is worth remembering Twitter has no meaning or importance on the real world. The only people who care about what happens on twitter are other people on twitter. Regular people simply don't care (nor are aware) about twitter. Think of it like any other social network feed and try not to take it seriously.

Exactly. Around 75% of the people I know (teenagers, youngsters, adults) from a variety of backgrounds (tech, health, no education, etc) don't have a Twitter account nor check Twitter.

Re: On Using Twitter

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Post by factsaresacred »

eertami wrote: post #9

One thing this article doesn't mention is that it is worth remembering Twitter has no meaning or importance on the real world. The only people who care about what happens on twitter are other people on twitter. Regular people simply don't care (nor are aware) about twitter. Think of it like any other social network feed and try not to take it seriously.

For the most part this it true but Twitter is often upstream from the news cycle and so is the real world, ahead of time.

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Post by Rompect »

onion2k wrote: post #20
eertami wrote: post #9

One thing this article doesn't mention is that it is worth remembering Twitter has no meaning or importance on the real world. The only people who care about what happens on twitter are other people on twitter. Regular people simply don't care (nor are aware) about twitter. Think of it like any other social network feed and try not to take it seriously.

Donald Trump's tweets make headlines around the world.

Technically yes, but what impact do they actually have? It's pretty much irrelevant what he says there. Journalists simply like to use it for clicks.

Re: On Using Twitter

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Post by onion2k »

dakiol wrote: post #21
eertami wrote: post #9

One thing this article doesn't mention is that it is worth remembering Twitter has no meaning or importance on the real world. The only people who care about what happens on twitter are other people on twitter. Regular people simply don't care (nor are aware) about twitter. Think of it like any other social network feed and try not to take it seriously.

Exactly. Around 75% of the people I know (teenagers, youngsters, adults) from a variety of backgrounds (tech, health, no education, etc) don't have a Twitter account nor check Twitter.

I don't know a single person on TikTok. I don't know any YouTubers. 95% of the people I'm friends with have left Facebook. That says far more about me than it does about the popularity or reach of those platforms.

Anyone who uses themself and their own social reach as an example of why a platform is irrelevant doesn't understand basic demographics.

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Post by henrik_w »

I am using Twitter instead of a bookmarking service: I tweet links I find interesting. If I ever want to find it again, I search my own twitter user for a relevant key-word. I also tweet out e.g. git or bash tips that I like (and similarly can search for them afterwards).

It's not my only use of Twitter, but I like how this way both stores the link and shares them at the same time.

(btw, @henrikwarne)

Re: On Using Twitter

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Post by goatinaboat »

eertami wrote: post #9

One thing this article doesn't mention is that it is worth remembering Twitter has no meaning or importance on the real world. The only people who care about what happens on twitter are other people on twitter. Regular people simply don't care (nor are aware) about twitter. Think of it like any other social network feed and try not to take it seriously.

it is worth remembering Twitter has no meaning or importance on the real world. The only people who care about what happens on twitter are other people on twitter

On the one hand, yes this is true.

But on the other hand, someone needs to tell that to "reputable" news sources such as the BBC who report on Twitter as if it was real news, and therefore shape real public opinion and even public policy.

Re: On Using Twitter

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Post by flippinburgers »

eertami wrote: post #9

One thing this article doesn't mention is that it is worth remembering Twitter has no meaning or importance on the real world. The only people who care about what happens on twitter are other people on twitter. Regular people simply don't care (nor are aware) about twitter. Think of it like any other social network feed and try not to take it seriously.

Do any of the countless news sites that integrate twitter commentary into their articles not matter? It feels like twitter is a place that some people go to gather rare species of opinion only to turn around and declare it a widely accepted belief. Interestingly enough the tweets that offer counter opinions are never given any representation.

In other words I can only agree with you if the consensus is that "news" sites don't matter.

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