Elon Musk said the account of right-wing extremist Alex Jones would be reinstated on X, formerly known as Twitter, reversing a 2018 decision by the company’s previous management to deplatform the notorious conspiracy theorist after he repeatedly broke rules prohibiting harassment and hate.
Outrage addiction is a real thing… and it is a driving force in both news media and social media.
And I say that fully aware of the doom-scrolling nature of this platform, amongst others…
Well yeah but for a variety of reasons, Twitter was shit. Worse than anywhere else.
The design choice to strictly limit character length alone made it trash.