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by throwanem 3153 days ago
What makes it so good?
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submeta 3153 days ago
Whatever event happens right now (WhatsApp down? Elections in a country? A TV show running on TV [1]?) go to Twitter and search for it with relevant keywords and you'll find people writing about it.

[1] at least in Germany

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throwanem 3152 days ago
In my experience that's a firehose with no meaningful real-time quality metric available. Perhaps there's something I'm missing.
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rusk 3150 days ago
I wholeheartedly agree. It's great as long as the keyword you're searching for is easily distinguishable. Whenever something happens and I want to find out ahead of the news-cycle it's my go to ...
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elsurudo 3152 days ago
I find it overwhelming. I don't know how to get over that.
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