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by yapyap 584 days ago
ok so the OP likes twitter because

“But on Twitter, you can read:

Experts Who are independent Recounting events they are experiencing first hand And, on the same Twitter, you can find their opponents:

Disproving or debating them With community notes which are displayed at the same level as the OP Which rely on third party sources This only happens on Twitter. And it infuriates traditional media, because they lose control of the narrative”

I think about wholly different Twitter experiences when I think of Twitter (X) in it’s current state, maybe 2018-ish twitter had the features mentioned but nowadays it’s;

- interaction bait - ragebait (which partly overlaps with interaction bait) - misinformation - the owner throwing a hissy fit over almost nothing - the owner roleplaying as his 3 year old son (this isn’t one you see often but it’s memorable)