Lauren WeinsteinNov 24, 2022

It is EXTREMELY URGENT that government agencies, emergency groups, and others who have over time become dependent on #Twitter to disseminate important announcements to the public, now move quickly to prepare alternative methods (which they really should have already).

It is clear that Musk's behavior is decimating Twitter as a reliable platform for reaching the public without interference, and since Musk now says he will let all hate speech and disinformation that is "not illegal or spam" be propagated on Twitter, even from previously suspended accounts, Twitter will now rapidly become of zero value as a source of trustworthy information on any topics.

DO NOT DELAY!

Show threadAlex LynnNov 25, 2022
@lauren given that it's actually quite a small percentage of the polulation who are twits, do you think it's really that important? (If this seems a snitty question, apologies. I mean it in good faith.)
Show threadLauren WeinsteinNov 25, 2022
@alexlynn It's a reasonable question. Yeah, it matters. The numbers I've seen (going from memory now) are that about 20% of the U.S. population uses Twitter directly, but a *much* larger percentage gets information *from* those Twitter users. But even 20% alone would be important.
Show threadAlex Lynn
@lauren that's a good point. I would be happy with less info coming from there overall, for sure, directly or indirectly. I suspect other social media have a bigger and worse influence, given how many people just pick rubbish straight off facebook, for example.
Nov 25, 2022 at 4:35amWeb