It’s because the news media industry as a whole has stuck with Twitter as their primary social media site. It’s kinda hilarious how much they seem to like it and how much time they spend there.
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davidfield@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
We should as a community ensure Twitter\X lives forever…
If only as a place to keep certain social media users “entertained”
In all seriousness it does concern me how often I see such a wide variety of news agencies quote Twitter considering the amount of hate that goes on there
ansiz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
PhAzE@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
That’s dangerous. Look at what Fox is doing, as an entertainment company, to US politics across the country.
Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Disastrous, even
NostraDavid@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
It’s a containment site; has been for a while.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Except the majority of mainstream news outlets use it as a source for 90% of their coverage.
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 2 weeks ago
This is why we need SCP.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Not what you intended, but:
scp /dev/zero root@x.com:/path/to/databases
robber@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Your comment reminds me of that great tune by Pink Floyd.
xenoclast@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
At this point it’s wholly on you if you’re still using twitter.
You’d think smart people like science nerds would have left the Nazi bar ages ago.
The irony of climate scientists ignoring a problem and waiting until it’s far to late to do something is honestly pretty funny…
davidfield@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That first line is so spot on. Brightened up my day