Great write up, Max - I’m inclined to agree that the impact it’ll have on smaller voices could be significant. Twitter and the other social platforms have done an excellent job of killing a lot of local journalism and news - that consolidation of the attention economy doesn’t just ‘go back the way it was’ if Twitter stops being a reputable source for reporting.
To answer Max's question ... the media will do their jobs.
If/when the Twitter well runs dry, Twitter will just be one less distraction. Journalists will have to gather news just like before 15 years ago: cultivate sources, conduct research and press for records.
For whatever reason, I don’t feel like Twitter has changed very much since Musk took over. What has really changed? It still feels the same to me on there.
Great write up, Max - I’m inclined to agree that the impact it’ll have on smaller voices could be significant. Twitter and the other social platforms have done an excellent job of killing a lot of local journalism and news - that consolidation of the attention economy doesn’t just ‘go back the way it was’ if Twitter stops being a reputable source for reporting.
To answer Max's question ... the media will do their jobs.
If/when the Twitter well runs dry, Twitter will just be one less distraction. Journalists will have to gather news just like before 15 years ago: cultivate sources, conduct research and press for records.
For whatever reason, I don’t feel like Twitter has changed very much since Musk took over. What has really changed? It still feels the same to me on there.
Please do not try to do a markdown table *in email* ever again.