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RE: Twitter idiots (Twidiots) of the week
I have a few friends that use Twitter for sports updates and I guess that is ok. To me it has always seemed really dumb because most of the influencers have less of an idea about what they are talking about than the average person does. They are also easily duped into sharing something that is untrue but fits into their personal belief system. This creates incentive for disinformation because there are some people out there that genuinely believe that if Patton Oswalt shares their Tweet that they are now real life pals or something.
"most of the influencers have less of an idea about what they are talking about than the average person does."
I think this often about a lot of advice that I see online. Especially with finance. I think people who consume this stuff need to give themselves more credit and embrace their own common sense.
And with social media in general, influencers sacrifice quality for quantity, so they can push out content. So, what usually comes out of people's mouths is a stream-of-consciousness and not a vetted, well thought out, idea. Hence, you're getting a lot of people's worst ideas. Even though those same people could be reasonably intelligent.
I guess it comes down to encouraging the better angels of our nature. The more intelligent angels of our nature. And Twitter has incredible shortcomings to encourage this.