Whatever is going on right now in #Russia, I do note this: #Twitter is now useless at tracking this. Junk accounts everywhere, no verified accounts, swarms of sketchy bluechecks.

The ONE thing that place was good at was breaking global news. But not now.

See everyone here tonight.

@tchambers while this is true to some degree, I think Twitter was always overrated as a real-time news source. There was (and still is) real information there, but there was always a torrent of rumor, speculation, and misinformation. It only sort of worked if you selected known reputable accounts.
@kajord @tchambers It worked by organic social circles of trust in expertise surfacing the relevant takes and boosting them over the junk. All that is in ruins now.