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Re:Fleets: A new way to join the conversation by root_axis on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @01:50PM (#25127921)
> While the world is screaming about either censorship or misinformation issues with Twitter

The world isn't screaming either of those things, just some individuals living in a political bubble. Most of Twitters millions of users think Twitter is mostly fine.

Re:Fleets: A new way to join the conversation by erichocean on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @02:04PM (#25128118)
The President and Congress are just "some individuals living in a political bubble"?
Re:Fleets: A new way to join the conversation by root_axis on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @03:22PM (#25129256)
Absolutely, they are completely out of touch with the masses who are generally fine with how twitter works, they don't even think about it. There is a small bubble that obsesses over celebrity politics on twitter and cares about who got banned and who should have been, but that is a relatively tiny niche. Twitter is an entertainment website for most people, just check the top 100 on twitter - 98% of it is music, tv, sports, etc
Re:Fleets: A new way to join the conversation by shortstuffsushi on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @02:07PM (#25128160)
To be fair, kinda yes actually
Re:Fleets: A new way to join the conversation by robertlagrant on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @02:59PM (#25128876)
More than most people on the planet.
Re:Fleets: A new way to join the conversation by jermeh on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @07:44PM (#25131839)
After a couple reads, I'm not sure if this is supposed to be ironic or not.
Re:Fleets: A new way to join the conversation by alpb on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @02:05PM (#25128145)
And that is specifically why it's "tone deaf". The misinformation issues around social networks are neither limited to USA nor to people who follow politics, they are far more widespread.

Imagine there's a Fire Department in your city and most people are happy with it as they put out the fires, but it turns out a small subset of the houses are kept getting broken into by firefighters on duty. Wouldn’t people be concerned why the hell is Fire Department not getting act together and looking into the matter? Soon they might be the next ones that get broken into.

Re:Fleets: A new way to join the conversation by root_axis on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @03:27PM (#25129332)
This is not a fire. Twitter is an entertainment product and ad delivery network. People who are into politics on twitter take it way too seriously.