Suppression of links on Twitter and replacement with decontextualized videos and rambling, unedited "takes" seems very calibrated to make its users gradually dumber. The entire benefit of Twitter was as a news aggregation service that acted as a portal to find comprehensive knowledge and information. Its probably lowering the collective IQ at this point.

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Twitter pre Elon was amazing as a source for breaking news. Things hit Twitter before they could be published by the likes of WP, BBC, NPR, NYT, LAT, WSJ, etc. The journalists that are still hanging around there have also started to develop followings on Bluesky etc. The Twitter algo at this pouint is geared toward, bigotry, misinformation/disinformation, and pure drivel.

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