Over the holidays I was cleaning my apartment and came across an old Blackberry.
Powered it up out of curiosity and it was like a time capsule. Texts, emails and yes, tweets, frozen in time from 2011.
(and on Ubersocial, the twitter app -- remember that?)
Powered it up out of curiosity and it was like a time capsule. Texts, emails and yes, tweets, frozen in time from 2011.
(and on Ubersocial, the twitter app -- remember that?)
What struck me especially is how much kinder, funnier, and insightful Twitter was a decade ago, compared to today.
Genuine conversations between people with opposing views.
And with less characters per tweet!
Genuine conversations between people with opposing views.
And with less characters per tweet!
I've struggled over the past two years or so to find the value of Twitter -- other than to get my blood pressure up.
I've tweeted less, and read less too. Twitter used to be a kind of informal assignment editor: conversations/ideas/pitches all whirling around
I've tweeted less, and read less too. Twitter used to be a kind of informal assignment editor: conversations/ideas/pitches all whirling around
In more recent times I find the discussions and innovations and events that spark a story idea or a big question I want to answer has migrated...
... to Tik Tok or Reddit or elsewhere.
... to Tik Tok or Reddit or elsewhere.
Just messing around on Tiktok for example I noticed Gen Z going nuts about Nancy Pelosi's stock trade disclosures
npr.org/2021/09/21/103…
npr.org/2021/09/21/103…
Do you still find genuine value in using this platform? Is it just a habit?
Are there things I'm not doing I should be doing to minimize the downside and maximize the upside?
I've made it a rule for myself, for example, not to unfollow people because I don't like their views.
Are there things I'm not doing I should be doing to minimize the downside and maximize the upside?
I've made it a rule for myself, for example, not to unfollow people because I don't like their views.
I am also realizing that unlike the rest of the public, I can't just curate Twitter to what I enjoy.
It's part of my job to see what everyone is saying and watch the madness. I can't unfollow!
It's part of my job to see what everyone is saying and watch the madness. I can't unfollow!
https://twitter.com/Hexham67/status/1478413421678764034
This is also undoubtedly part of the problem.
In 2012-2013 I spent most of the entire year writing about sequestration!
In 2012-2013 I spent most of the entire year writing about sequestration!
https://twitter.com/erossin48/status/1478414615440596993
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