The real problem of Twitter today isn’t bots, or even the weirdo billionaire running it, it’s the fact that otherwise credible journalists, pundits and politicos keep treating the platform as a legitimate and useful forum for democratic discourse. It’s not….

The fact that so many politicians and reporters continue to spend their days on Twitter means the general public is now catching second-hand brain worms.

– Justin Ling, Elon Musk’s hellsite isn’t making us fall for Pierre Poilievre. It’s doing something far scarier, Toronto Star, August 15, 2024.
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