Sorry, I think we'd be better off without Facebook anyway. Wish it were still down. Honestly I feel we'd be better off without twitter as well, or any social media.
I think there are lots of great things about twitter, but on balance, I am not sure social media is worth the division it causes overall. And obviously, with a corporate-captured mainstream media we do need something. I dream of a non-captured, honest media though.
One of my fears - and I've said this before - is the synergistic threat to democracy that is the combination of deep fake videos and social media. I don't see any way to pull the plug on deep fake videos whatsoever, they are coming, which means...
So yes. I see the good things about twitter. I am glad it gives me another channel to sound the climate alarm. And it's really amazing the way it connects me to other climate scientists and activists - this is invaluable, and somehow it works well on this platform. But, long game
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