5 ms·
No. In daily life America and Americans are typically nuanced. Like literally any other country. It’s the internet that disposes of context and nuance.
by banana_maker 5y ago
No. In daily life America and Americans are typically nuanced. Like literally any other country.
It’s the internet that disposes of context and nuance.
- _3u10 5y agoYes well said, that’s exactly what I was trying to convey.
- syshum 5y agoNo the internet can do that just fine, the twitterization of social media in to short quippy "bumper sicker" took the worst aspects of politics (sound bites and bumper stickers") and normalized that in to the "correct" way to debate or discuss topics. Gone where the long form threaded topics of forums, usenet, etc, replaced with 180 characters quips
- b112 5y agoI'm sorry, I didn't get that, it was cut off at 180 chars.
- wizzwizz4 5y agoTwitter has never had a 180 character limit. It was 140 characters (based on the 160 character limit of SMS), but it's now 380 characters.
- andrewzah 5y agoI will agree that twitter irrevocably has changed the online landscape. But I believe it's the ability to instantly transmit things that has pushed towards shorter and shorter content. For example Vine really took off, and now you have Tiktok/Instagram reels/etc. Not to mention Snapchat/Periscope. It's a lot faster to digest and get a dopamine hit from a <140 char tweet (now <380 chars) than poring over a book, so the outcome of twitter was destined to happen.