“Threads’ vibes may have been cheerful and friendly at the outset — disingenuously so, according to Musk — but it may well prove that, eventually, all social media sites regress toward the meanest.”
Twitter’s version of the ubiquitous format is an important advance for people wanting to separate the public and long-lasting from the private and ephemeral. But publishers aren’t likely to benefit from a less broadcast-oriented Twitter.
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Benton, Joshua. "Twitter, the most news-friendly social platform, is getting a little bit less so with Stories-like “fleets”." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 4 Mar. 2020. Web. 25 Apr. 2024.
APA
Benton, J. (2020, Mar. 4). Twitter, the most news-friendly social platform, is getting a little bit less so with Stories-like “fleets”. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/03/twitter-the-most-news-friendly-social-platform-is-getting-a-little-bit-less-so-with-stories-like-fleets/
Chicago
Benton, Joshua. "Twitter, the most news-friendly social platform, is getting a little bit less so with Stories-like “fleets”." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified March 4, 2020. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/03/twitter-the-most-news-friendly-social-platform-is-getting-a-little-bit-less-so-with-stories-like-fleets/.
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