Re:Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’
by reisse on Monday July 24, 2023 @07:31AM
(#36846154)
I feel like you (and the person above) are missing the whole point of Twitter for many people. I'm not interested in influencers at all, I'm interested in the random guys which often have a lot of interesting life experiences or expertise (shoutout to @foone, for example). And in crisis, video and witnesses from people on the ground are more valuable than second-hand opinionated media rewritings.
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Re:Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’
by oneeyedpigeon on Monday July 24, 2023 @08:42AM
(#36847064)
People use Twitter in vastly different ways, so it's difficult for each of us to appreciate the uses that others put it to. Even in your case, though, the flaw now is that you don't know if 'verified' accounts are bots, paid actors, etc.
Re:Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’
by kaba0 on Monday July 24, 2023 @09:15AM
(#36847473)
You still don’t want a fake Russian Government announcing nuclear war on Twitter, do you? Of course non-verified accounts had value, but you also want to know if a supposedly official account is the real deal.
Re:Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’
by reisse on Monday July 24, 2023 @10:01AM
(#36848142)
> You still don’t want a fake Russian Government announcing nuclear war on Twitter, do you?
Ugh, have you seen Telegram posts by the real Dmitry Medvedev (ex-President, ex-PM, now chairman of the Security Council)? I guess the line between real and parody is pretty thin here.
Besides, anyone falling for the nuclear war announcement on Twitter deserved that. Social medias aren't the trustable channel despite any verifications. What if the real account got hacked?
Re:Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’
by Swenrekcah on Monday July 24, 2023 @10:27AM
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Banks aren’t trustable organisations despite any verifications. What if your information got hacked?
I believe what you just did is called “moving the goalposts”.