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Re:The Most Dangerous Censorship by throwaway6734 on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @06:51PM (#27598321)
>Twitter is the public square more than it a news source

~20% of Americans use twitter. (https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/04/10/share-of-u-...)

There's definitely some influence there, but the twitter's importance and impact on the world is severely overhyped.

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Re:The Most Dangerous Censorship by panopticon on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @09:12PM (#27599529)
> There's definitely some influence there, but the twitter's importance and impact on the world is severely overhyped.

I'm not sure I would make the same claim. Twitter is wildly popular among journalists, pundits, and other members of the media. Due to its outsized importance within these groups of people, I can easily see Twitter playing a large role in shaping media narratives.

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