Hmm. Sounds like Twitter actually did some positive good as well as being an amusing time-sink. It clearly also did a lot of harm to both individuals and society, but tbh I didn't use it for long enough to get much appreciation for the full range.
"Twitter has been of vital importance to a whole lot of marginalized communities, notably disabled people and the smaller, sometimes "semi-professional" sff magazines, which have published a gigantic number of stories by people generally shoved aside by larger and more established magazines and publishers."
How was Twitter different/better in this regard than Facebook or any of the other social media platforms? What makes you think one of the others can't grow to fill this niche?
That's a serious question, not a challenge. As I said, I didn't use it all that much, and have even less experience with other social media beyond LJ/DW.
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Date: 2022-11-05 11:19 pm (UTC)"Twitter has been of vital importance to a whole lot of marginalized communities, notably disabled people and the smaller, sometimes "semi-professional" sff magazines, which have published a gigantic number of stories by people generally shoved aside by larger and more established magazines and publishers."
How was Twitter different/better in this regard than Facebook or any of the other social media platforms? What makes you think one of the others can't grow to fill this niche?
That's a serious question, not a challenge. As I said, I didn't use it all that much, and have even less experience with other social media beyond LJ/DW.