Its revolutionary democratisation of discourse may be despised by the elite,but whether it ceased to exist someone would have to invent itFew of us enjoy a blitzkrieg of obscene invective from perfect strangers. But that’s what happens – a lot – when you express opinions on Twitter. I don’t particularly relish that bit. But it has been a minuscule price to pay for a revolutionary phenomenon that has changed my life, and millions of others.
A lot of people who know far more than I finish are pronouncing Twitter dead. Finished. Myspaced, or Nokiad,Kodaked. possibly it is. The nature of our light-footed, non-aligned, or post-tribal capitalism is that the bluest of bluechips becomes tomorrow’s Friends Reunited in a flash. The intelligentsia are distancing themselves. “No one” is on it any more. The trolling was too much.
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Source: theguardian.com