[nindalf]

Twitter did what was good for Twitter - becoming fun, addictive and compelling to use. People made a choice to use that compelling product. These choices worked out well for Twitter, but according to the GP, not well for the users, who unknowingly hurt their society.

[hoorayimhelping]

Thank you for the concise summary of GP's post. I think tthe post you're responding to is trying to reframe the point with a question though: are you sure it's actually bad for society? maybe this is how our society communicates and twitter was just an expression of that.

In other worse, it's less that twitter influenced society, and more that society was waiting for the medium to communicate the way it wants.

[pdimitar]

You might just be 100% correct. I would still prefer the de facto dominating social platforms to enable more meaningful discussions and not promote the sensationalist statements format of "communication" that Twitter offers.

Society definitely responds to media influence. Sadly this is exploited in the wrong direction and rarely if ever for the society's benefit (mostly education).

[orbitur]

> These choices worked out well for Twitter

You could say that, since it appears Twitter is now the primary platform for broadcasting outside of film/tv.

But is Twitter even making money yet? How sad and dumb would it be that Twitter had to shut down in a couple years?