• exanime@lemmy.today
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    5 months ago

    I’m a consumer of news, how would I compare my experience to someone using it professionally?

    I’m saying watching baseball was boring and you are telling me playing baseball is fun. Two different things

    • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      The experience of a news consumer is going to be different from that of a professional journalist. Kinda like the experience of eating a burger is different from working in a kitchen. Yeah, they’re two different things, we were talking journalism. Twitter was never great for news as a consumer imo, but it was a very valuable resource for journalists. I’m not sure how good X is for either but I’m pretty sure nether experience will have improved.

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        5 months ago

        Yes I get that, but what’s the point of “twitter for journalists” if we separate that from people consuming said news? Basically you are saying Twitter is a great note gathering tool for journalists?

        Even your claim that it was a great source for journalists I find sus. Maybe lazy journalists that only parrot twitter quotes. Where is the investigation? Corroboration? Context?

        I’m not sure how good X is for either but I’m pretty sure nether experience will have improved.

        In this we agree 100%