Twitter has gone totally downhill. If you want relatively factual reporting without too much editorialisation and extremely broad coverage I would recommend Reuters or AP. Both have massive...
Twitter has gone totally downhill. If you want relatively factual reporting without too much editorialisation and extremely broad coverage I would recommend Reuters or AP. Both have massive reporting teams everywhere around the world (the front pages of their respective websites do not even come close to conveying the depth of their coverage – if you pick a number of different areas you start to understand this) and aim to report accurately and truthfully. Usually without a bias towards sensationalism as well.
Twitter is still good individually if you curate who you’re following into lists and ignore the ‘For You’ tab. But man it’s depressing to see what sort of stuff trends/goes viral.
Twitter is still good individually if you curate who you’re following into lists and ignore the ‘For You’ tab. But man it’s depressing to see what sort of stuff trends/goes viral.
True, but I have completely stopped using it because there is so much extremist content on Twitter – even if there is a way to filter out objectionable content the fact that Twitter is removing a...
True, but I have completely stopped using it because there is so much extremist content on Twitter – even if there is a way to filter out objectionable content the fact that Twitter is removing a lot of the safeguards it once had has put me off it entirely. The fish rots from the head unfortunately (see Musk promoting conspiracy theories about Paul Pelosi after a MAGA supporter attacked him with a hammer or claiming that Soros "hates humanity" with its antisemitic undertones).
Yea I don’t blame you one bit. I’ve had similar thoughts but I really need a critical mass of the people I follow to move elsewhere before I’m ready to move on. Unlike Reddit I think the valuable...
Yea I don’t blame you one bit. I’ve had similar thoughts but I really need a critical mass of the people I follow to move elsewhere before I’m ready to move on. Unlike Reddit I think the valuable parts are really quite valuable to me but it seems like everyone is waiting for everyone else to move. I’m hoping as ex-Twitter degrades and the other platforms approach feature parity there will be a critical mass moving on.
And it's not just open source intelligence taking the hit. Any sort of content that is undermined by a profit incentive is suffering terribly under ex-Twitter.
OSINT is a useful way to try and verify claims, and 404 Media sometimes uses it in the course of its reporting. One of the reasons OSINT is so popular is because it is accessible to anyone, though experienced groups often use more sophisticated techniques than others. Major newsrooms have increasingly hired people specifically for their own OSINT teams. But what the current war in Israel and Gaza has made clear in recent days is that there are many verified, popular accounts on Twitter that use the OSINT term to give legitimacy to shoddy work that only creates more confusion. What exists now is a profit and engagement driven ecosystem of non-experts who in some cases may be spreading videos for the clout and cash, rather than to inform readers about what is actually true. One respected OSINT expert, known as Obretix, told 404 Media that Twitter now is “self promoting aggregators, posting thousands of tweets to get some revenue share from Elon.”
And it's not just open source intelligence taking the hit. Any sort of content that is undermined by a profit incentive is suffering terribly under ex-Twitter.
Twitter has gone totally downhill. If you want relatively factual reporting without too much editorialisation and extremely broad coverage I would recommend Reuters or AP. Both have massive reporting teams everywhere around the world (the front pages of their respective websites do not even come close to conveying the depth of their coverage – if you pick a number of different areas you start to understand this) and aim to report accurately and truthfully. Usually without a bias towards sensationalism as well.
Twitter is still good individually if you curate who you’re following into lists and ignore the ‘For You’ tab. But man it’s depressing to see what sort of stuff trends/goes viral.
True, but I have completely stopped using it because there is so much extremist content on Twitter – even if there is a way to filter out objectionable content the fact that Twitter is removing a lot of the safeguards it once had has put me off it entirely. The fish rots from the head unfortunately (see Musk promoting conspiracy theories about Paul Pelosi after a MAGA supporter attacked him with a hammer or claiming that Soros "hates humanity" with its antisemitic undertones).
Yea I don’t blame you one bit. I’ve had similar thoughts but I really need a critical mass of the people I follow to move elsewhere before I’m ready to move on. Unlike Reddit I think the valuable parts are really quite valuable to me but it seems like everyone is waiting for everyone else to move. I’m hoping as ex-Twitter degrades and the other platforms approach feature parity there will be a critical mass moving on.
And it's not just open source intelligence taking the hit. Any sort of content that is undermined by a profit incentive is suffering terribly under ex-Twitter.