If Twitter is done, so is our access to immediate information EDIT: It's Over

[Luke Cage]

Never even used twitter.

 

[ExodusNirvana]

Twitter is'nt real but more and more, companies and even governments (local and beyond) are using it to affect the real world

Some of ya'll hate it because you've spent to much time looking up and looking at dumb shyt, it's all you see in your timeline and now you think it's the worst thing in the world

Half the dumb shyt that gets posted on The Coli from Twitter? That shyt NEVER crosses my timeline, ever

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

every social platform has its niche and Twitter’s definitely was being the platform for real time news and discussion. Nothing is going to take its place immediately as people would need a clear alternative to migrate to, as of now, people are disbanding

 

[EARFQUAKE]

With the invention of the smartphone, people are dumber than ever. It's having the opposite effect than what you're saying.

This is about access. Did folks with landlines have access to videos of what was happening in a warring state or only what the newspaper told them?

 

[Wildhundreds]

With the invention of the smartphone, people are dumber than ever. It's having the opposite effect than what you're saying.

Technology made people real stupid because they're using for all the wrong reasons.. To be on bullshyt.

 

[Kurt off them percs]

The original creators are already working on something to be put in place

 

[Bubba T]

The OP is pretty dramatic. In the history of humankind there will always be something ready to replace the main thing in place. Tiktok wasn't even a thing really 4 years ago and its one of the most popular apps out right now.

 

[Wildhundreds]

This is about access. Did folks with landlines have access to videos of what was happening in a warring state or only what the newspaper told them?

People don't even know whats going on on their block.. Get access to your community so we can change that.. And if you already have access, get more people involved.

 

[Sir Richard Spirit]

you seem to have a problem with people flexing on Twitter. You can easily tweak your feed to eliminate. Twitter has incredible value from the instant news you're able to get.

or you still the type to wait til you can tune in to channel 5 news at 10pm?

What makes you think I have a problem with people flexing on Twitter? Because of how much you value that?




I don’t even have a twitter to worry about the feed. You say twitter has incredible value for news, but all I ever hear about is the misinformation.

 

[ExodusNirvana]

People don't even know whats going on on their block.. Get access to your community so we can change that.. And if you already have access, get more people involved.

Half the shyt that's going on in NYC, especially in my neighborhood, I would not know about without Twitter because these aren't things that are readily disseminated like that to the public unless you look for it

 

[the bossman]

This is about access. Did folks with landlines have access to videos of what was happening in a warring state or only what the newspaper told them?

breh really misses the days when you was fukked if you missed that one right turn from mapquest directions you printed out

 

[Marks]

let it die I say. I sincerely think we'd be better for it.

 

[Prodyson]

This is a click baity title but holds up as mostly truth as Twitter is the number one platform that provides consumers instant information. As soon as something is tweeted you can see it.

No one can control the speed of this information machine. They can try and regulate it but they can't stop it (Great examples being Myanmar military coup, Hong Kong protests, terrorist factions posting propaganda or telling on themselves, ect).

To those who are excited that Elon is taking over so that it can be destroyed all because you hate that you can't fat shame without flak, tighten up.
Think about what's really going to go away if Twitter goes under. I can only hope Elon's dumbass does make it faster for non-western users (if that is even a legitimate problem he claims).

And when Twitter goes away what instant feed is as legit? Facebook? Instagram? Laughable. This forum is always the last to know about anything. Once twitter goes away you'll have to rely on FB or Instagram live at best to get a thread started. That's all.

I don’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing. Often times quick information leads to misinformation or incomplete information and people start going of the deep end before we have the full story

 

[Carl Tethers]

The beauty of capitalism. It will be replaced. Communist morons just copy what's already been innovated by people who want to get paid

Your wife is a communist though

 

[nightpupil]

I never been on twitter either, too bad.