So, You Want Twitter to Stop Destroying Democracy

The elevation of early-career researchers who are on the bleeding edge of every important area of study would benefit both academics and journalists.

Heightened scrutiny can be applied to culture stories.

Everyone's perception of reality has been affected by the popularity of social media. Journalists assume that the platform's arguments are real time snapshots of public opinion. This is how we get the spectacle of a New York Times columnist arguing that you can't say the word "woman" anymore, and that the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn the abortion law of Wade was a result of this.

Not every moment of platform drama says something profound about the human condition or modern society. The old thought that freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences. What consequences are you reporting on? What is the long-term impact on the celeb or the whole population?

These supposedly canceled celebrities and public figures are doing just fine, and often profit from the myth of their cancellation, due to the fact that over reporting on them has the effect of creating perverse incentives for public figures to court outrage on the platform. These reactionaries aren't going to be hurt by a bunch of socialists with funny meme The new crop of far-right politicians pretend to be canceled.

It is important for journalists to not feel like they need to be on social networking sites. The Times changed its social media policies recently to make sure that it doesn't feel like a job requirement. It's the next step to support this. Extra time for on-the-ground reporting, bonuses for stories not from social media, and travel budgets that allow reporters to get stories from the places they are actually happening would all go a long way.

It's a good idea to be careful when you're trying to get Pundits from social media.

For large chunks of the past two years, the only way for millions of people to get to know each other was through the micro-blogging site. During a crisis, one is surrounded by people's wailing despair, which has become the air we breathe, screaming from every corner of the earth. It can be even more damaging for those who have been unable to connect to the physical world because of the doomsayers on social media.

It is possible to build a punditry career by expressing a form of obsessiveness with such questions that leads to ignoring every other part of the complex problem. The killer app for building a brand was identified in a conversation by WIRED.