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      It’s annoying enough when they report what someone famous said on Twitter but the articles about what a bunch of random unknown people posted on Twitter (often phrased as if they represent a community) are even worse.

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        Headline: “People are outraged about something!”

        Source: 5 random tweets I found that are mildly mocking the thing.

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          “Twitter went wild about this!”
          Source: 5 random tweets from people with 22 followers each, most of whom are crypto spammers

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      In my language we also have this “X (formerly Twitter)” shit, it’s like these fucking stringers got it shoved down their throat by the marketing/lawyer team

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      Yeah, it’s crazy how much influence Twitter still has on the media conversation. Nothing that happens on Mastodon ever makes the news because journalists haven’t been able to figure it out.