• spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    The world is not and was not a better place with Twitter in it. Grow up.

    People are generally stupid and easily influenced. Not sure if you’ve noticed but (“western”) society has pretty much taken a nose dive over the last couple of decades. Social media such as Twitter and Facebook are a big reason for that.

    • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
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      11 months ago

      Personally, I think giving a voice to the voiceless is important and twitter’s role in many of the protests listed in the wikipedia links I assume you ignored have been incredibly important. Especially as it gives a venue to convey information that news outlets might shy away from for a range of reasons.

      If supporting civil disobedience and a way for people to rapidly communicate and coordinate searches in times of emergencies is childish then I hope to never “grow up”/