• exanime@lemmy.today
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    5 months ago

    No. There are still a lot of serious journalists on it. It is still a very important media for journalists to quickly share information.

    Sorry but It was never that. I joined back in 2016 because everyone said it was the best for fast news and that was a Canadian election year. I didn’t last a week, it was just one liners from “journalist” and a plethora of trolls and people slinging shit at each other

    Imagine how bad it was for news, that I wound up liking Reddit more because there was a modicum of moderation

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      Your experience as someone who tried it for a week probably doesn’t reflect that of people who used it professionally for many years. Part of what made it valuable to media people was the ubiquity of possible sources, but it takes some time and work to develop links to those sources and to the professional contacts who have their own connections to share.

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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

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          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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            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%

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      5 months ago

      You always had to put the work in to find the journalists in whose work you are interested. The algorithm was never interested in doing that for you.

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        5 months ago

        It’s was not a problem to find journalists, the issue was reducing news to a one liner. It essentially reduced every news into a clickbait soundbite, no nuance, no context

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            This sort of prove my point that Twitter never was a good place for news anyway.

            Perhaps you are right and it is a tool for journalists, but not being one, I am happy if it stops existing tomorrow. I am sure journalists would find a way as they did before Twitter