jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoThe slow death of Twitter is measured in disasters like the Baltimore bridge collapsewww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1594arrow-down122file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@zerobytes.monstertechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1572arrow-down1external-linkThe slow death of Twitter is measured in disasters like the Baltimore bridge collapsewww.vox.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square119fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@zerobytes.monstertechnology@lemmit.online
Twitter, now X, was once a useful site for breaking news. The Baltimore bridge collapse shows those days are long gone.
minus-squarecygon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·6 months agoVox is a reputable and very thorough news source, though, usually worth the read. This two-pager, for example, highlights false Twitter journalists popping in Baltimore to politically spin the recent bridge collapse.
minus-squareThorny_Insight@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·6 months agoThat’s not my point. What I’m saying is that I knowingly limit my news diet to what is the most important/interesting and this is neither so I’m not bothering my mind with it. I don’t need to know and not knowing has zero effect on my life.
Vox is a reputable and very thorough news source, though, usually worth the read.
This two-pager, for example, highlights false Twitter journalists popping in Baltimore to politically spin the recent bridge collapse.
That’s not my point. What I’m saying is that I knowingly limit my news diet to what is the most important/interesting and this is neither so I’m not bothering my mind with it. I don’t need to know and not knowing has zero effect on my life.