Beware of the Twitter Mob
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Can Twitter be saved? I'm not talking about last week's social media stock price plunge. It's the ritualization of Gamergate-style uproar and dishonest brigading that has me disillusioned with the platform.
I know soul-searching about Twitter is a bit of a journalistic trope at this point, since we all seem to be simultaneously enraptured with and disgusted by the constantly whirring news machine. But this week's latest Twitter brouhaha seemed different—and reflects ominously not just on Twitter as a platform but on the state of online debate.