I think once we have the lunatics running the madhouse then we are heading for a really bad place.
Totally agree, nothing new there. What is new is that it is actually more visible and open to scrutiny. I think that is a good thing.
Whilst it's open to scrutiny it seems to be lacking any real teeth on regulation and is normalised to a point of little real world repercussions considering the vast fortunes these tech giants make. It is a powerful tool but is it now being used for manipulation,not only political ?
This one tweet knocked $5.7 bn of the value of Amazon.
Donald J. Trump
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/[email protected]/png/64/2714.png@realDonaldTrump
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/897763049226084352
Amazon is doing great damage to tax paying retailers. Towns, cities and states throughout the U.S. are being hurt - many jobs being lost!
11:12 AM - Aug 16, 2017
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45K people are talking about thisThis one resulted in Tesla share price jumping 11% until they halted trading .
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Elon Musk
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/[email protected]/png/64/2714.png@elonmusk
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1026872652290379776
Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured.
5:48 PM - Aug 7, 2018
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22.3K people are talking about thisOne lil tweet .
Can you provide any evidence to back that up? I'm particularly referring to Western democracies .
So what would have happened if he had said it in an interview on TV, the radio, in a newspaper rather than Tweeting it?
I would of hope a pre planned outburst that can and may send stock tumbling or going through the roof would have aids , staff etcto say hold on you can't do that mate as it could be seen as stock market manipulation and one would take a step back . Twitter is instant and effective in regards to both tweetsthey never backed up said tweet with anypolicy or business. As such one tweet from one person cost many a few but I expect made a few some serious $$$ .
He could have just as easily said something like that off the cuff in an interview or if someone stuck a mic in front of him at some event.The power is in the words not the delivery mechanism.
Can you provide any evidence that with:
or are you just quietly trolling in the absence of BFFE enki?
Again the POTUS tweet was not policy and yet it knocked $5.7 billion off Amazon's value . The point of this thread was or my point was is social media now so powerful that it has overtaken democracy and politics and is now a more powerful tool .
A question , we will use Trump as an example here . What does he use more to get his message out ? Social media or News media outlets ? And also why would he choose one over another ?
I'm not sure what you mean by 'Twitter is more powerful than Democracy".
Trump says all sorts when he has a mic in front of him - just look at what he said on his campaign, or any time he goes on Fox and Friends or anything else.
I couldn't possibly tell you which he uses 'more' as I don't follow his twitter feed or watch American news/'news' programs or watch the Whitehouse press briefings - other than what I see clips of on the BBC news site.