Twitter might be unreliable for election day news

[Nevilledog]

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Here's what's going on at Twitter right now: It's a nightmare.

Employees are sounding the alarm about how it could make getting reliable information on this site during Tuesday's elections impossible.


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9:14 AM · Nov 4, 2022

[republianmushroom]

1. might be, only might be

[ColinC]

2. When I think reliable calls on election nigt

The only person I think is save washerman: somebody that needs Twitter far less than they need him. I imagine he may end up just working network decision desks instead. Will probably be a better use of everybody’s time.

[budkin]

3. I am staying OFF

I'm only going to use it for deal alerts for the time being.

[RockRaven]

4. I've seen reports that nearly all of the content moderation personnel are part of the layoff...

Also seeing journalists/authors saying that today when they report tweets with hostile anti-Jewish content directed at them, they are getting notifications back within 1 minute, or 2, that the tweet isn't a violation. They note this is a change compared to pre-Elmo Mush times.

So yeah, Twitter has been turned into a shitshow that will rapidly worsen as right wing assholes realize they have more room to operate. Just in time for election day. Lovely.

[underpants]

5. 😆

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[Emrys]

10. Sadly, it didn't happen

In the link in that tweet, there's the old trick of substituting an upper-case I for a lower-case l.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk

Still there, still crazy.

[Lithos]

6. Might?

Lol

[SharonClark]

7. When were twitter posts ever "reliable"?

[Nevilledog]

11. Tweets from verified journalists and Dem politicians aren't reliable?

[Lettuce Be]

8. You'd think the media would already be well aware -- if they continue to use Twitter as a source ...

then they are complicit.

[Emrys]

9. I'll still look at individual accounts that I trust.

The rest may be a shitshow, but as long as they don't disappear, I'll still rely on them.

[iemanja]

12. It never occurred to me to turn to Twitter for election results

So many news organizations post them online.

[BlueIdaho]

13. Ya Think?

Never in a million years would I consider Twitter the place to turn for election coverage. As far as reliable news networks - if they are on Twitter they are probably also on half a dozen other social media platforms.