Matt BlazeDec 20, 2022

About a month ago, I observed that two main things I found lacking here vs. Twitter were accounts from professional creatives (artists, etc) and discussion of breaking news.

The creatives have definitely started to arrive. But the breaking news has been much slower. However, it also seems like breaking news is starting to disappear from Twitter.

I wonder what will fill that gap. Perhaps it will be here, eventually.

Show threadK. Ryabitsev-Prime 🍁
@mattblaze I hope not. People getting news from social media was exactly the reason why so many things started going wrong.
Dec 20, 2022 at 6:44pmWeb
Show threadMatt BlazeDec 20, 2022
@monsieuricon I disagree.
Show threadRandom Damage 🌻Dec 20, 2022

@monsieuricon @mattblaze social media expanded the reach of primary sources as well as misinformation.

So it makes it easier to be well informed on a topic as much as it makes it possible to be misinformed, and *really* highlights both the power and responsibility inherent in news editing

Show threadSteven RostedtDec 21, 2022
@monsieuricon @mattblaze there's been several times I found news about things I was unaware of from social media, as my news feeds always try to predict what I'm interested in (forcing me into a bubble as it's based on what I click on). I enjoy seeing articles posted by others as they are not usually within my normal interests.