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{{a|maxim| | {{a|maxim|}}Even before you delete Facebook, {{maxim|get off Twitter}}. The ''name'' should be enough of a clue. Don’t cast a backward glance. You won’t miss the hours you waste doom-scrolling through the hot takes, petulant arguments and [[virtue signalling]]. The time you will get back for yiour family, your career, or just your betterment. At a loss for something to do in a down moment? [[Book review|Read a book]], for Christ’s sake. | ||
Twitter is ''even worse than [[LinkedIn]]'', which in its own way is at least morbidly funny and strangely ''endearing'' in its well-meaning awfulness. Twitter is just grim. | |||
“But Twitter is the best source for breaking news”. Yes, and false alarms and conspiracy theories. If it is true now, it will be true tomorrow, and there will be an organised and coherent narrative around it — or, if it is a controversial topic, there will be a ''variety'' of organised and coherent narratives to consider and take the one that best confirms your own prejudices. (I know, that’s not a good thing, but to make sense of something, it is an inevitable one.) | “But Twitter is the best source for breaking news”. Yes, and false alarms and conspiracy theories. If it is true now, it will be true tomorrow, and there will be an organised and coherent narrative around it — or, if it is a controversial topic, there will be a ''variety'' of organised and coherent narratives to consider and take the one that best confirms your own prejudices. (I know, that’s not a good thing, but to make sense of something, it is an inevitable one.) | ||