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Each of my recent Twitter threads had tens of thousands of views and 100s of retweets & likes. But as soon as I posted a 🧵 with a link to an article on a rival social media/newsletter site, the thread barely got more than a thousand views, and just two retweets. This seems like… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 
👆🏼 I say this as somebody who intends to continue using Twitter and whose overall experience on the platform has been positive in recent months. Twitter has allowed me to connect with numerous Sudanese and to follow the conflict there closely. More importantly, it (and Facebook… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
On net, I think #socialmedia has had an overall positive impact during the crisis that began in Sudan on April 15, 2023. (I would not say the same about all conflicts. During the civil war in #SouthSudan that began in December 2013, for example, I criticized Facebook for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Of course, there are a lot of outstanding policy questions and controversies around the use of social media during conflicts, including the current Sudan one. For example, how should these tech companies decide which armed groups can use their platforms? How do they deal with… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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