HANNA ZIADY: There is little regard for facts in spur-of-the-moment Twitter rants
The social networking service is used to spread hope and gratitude, but often it seems to bring out the worst in people
22 July 2019 - 05:07
Against my better judgment, I have been dipping into Twitter feeds over the past week. I should have known better.
While Twitter is not the platform to frequent if you’re hoping to engage in reasoned debate — given the character limit and speed of interactions, where speaking (or tweeting) before thinking is almost essential — I have still been dismayed by how little thinking people do before speaking, or at least think critically...
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