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Originally Posted by Table 5
I posted this in the other thread, but:
• Twitter is the 15th biggest social media network by community, barely beating Reddit and Quora. I think people over-estimate its global impact.
• If immense power by one voice is a concern with Twitter, how do people feel about 4 out of the Top 5 social media communities being controlled by Meta/Zuckerberg?
• Rightly or wrongly, the media has always been owned by a few elite rich people. Whether it's Rupert Murdoch owning Newscorp, Bezos owning the Washington Post, the Sulzberger family owning the NYTimes...there's always a rich guy at the top. Why is this instance any different? |
Twitter has a near monopoly over reporters and media - so despite its low volume of users - it is (along with reddit) a strong way to push narratives into the mainstream.
Even if you look at just hockey news - if you want to get access to the media you go on twitter. They aren't breaking news on facebook, youtube, instagram or tiktok (although seeing Elliotte Friedman break a trade doing a tiktok dance may be the future).