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On {{w|Twitter}} you can send text messages with a maximum of 280 characters (140 at the time of writing). This means that there could not be much content in a single post, but often many people ''follow'' the people doing these ''tweets''. People who are not on social media tend to react like [[Cueball]] and come to the conclusion that Twitter makes press coverage more stupid, just because those messages lack much detail. Cueball is also surprised about the stupidity of trying to link social media to the orbit of the asteroid β social media has no impact on the orbit of any space objects.{{Citation needed}} | On {{w|Twitter}} you can send text messages with a maximum of 280 characters (140 at the time of writing). This means that there could not be much content in a single post, but often many people ''follow'' the people doing these ''tweets''. People who are not on social media tend to react like [[Cueball]] and come to the conclusion that Twitter makes press coverage more stupid, just because those messages lack much detail. Cueball is also surprised about the stupidity of trying to link social media to the orbit of the asteroid β social media has no impact on the orbit of any space objects.{{Citation needed}} | ||
β | The title text continues the joke. The negativity on Twitter concerning an | + | The title text continues the joke. The negativity on Twitter concerning an EarthBound asteroid has nothing to do with the press conference that announced it but rather with the negativity of wiping out life on earth in general. Again, journalists give undue weight to social media. |
It's simply that "How has Twitter affected this" has become a standard question for journalists, posed in complete disregard of the actual event. | It's simply that "How has Twitter affected this" has become a standard question for journalists, posed in complete disregard of the actual event. |