No matter how awful Musk makes Twitter, it seems clear that Big Journalism will continue to support the site.
No matter how much contempt Musk demonstrates for news media, it seems clear that Big Journalism will continue to support the site.
No matter how he mocks his pretense of believing in free speech, it seems clear that Big Journalism will continue to support the site.
This makes me sad for a craft I love, and for people for whom (in most cases) I otherwise have abiding respect.
@dangillmor The problem is, the value of any social network to the users is the other users. It’s why people cling to both Twitter and Facebook. Facebook has their friends and family; Twitter has “the people formerly known as sources.” It’s going to be like a school of fish — when the turn comes, it will be “everyone,” all at once.
@the_real_hal @dangillmor so ordinary people can figure out how to have accounts in multiple places, but professional self-promoters just can’t figure out how to hedge their bets? Don’t justify journalistic laziness; this is no better than the whining about being asked over and over to link to the original ruling/study/complaint in their articles. They convince themselves people don’t want whatever it is they don’t feel like doing.
@AmberWavesofFlame @dangillmor Yes, I said specific, then generalized. Enh. I am vast, I contain multitudes.
@AmberWavesofFlame @dangillmor No, I’m saying… well, two things specific to journos:
* They won’t move if they don’t think enough of their sources have also moved, so those sources can be read.
* Related: they won’t move until enough of the people they want to read them have moved to the new venue, so they’ll be “seen.”
I don’t see these as “excuses,” but as social dynamics. Pick your social group: teenagers, history professors, nurses, whatever. It’s all inertia.