Twitter was created as a communication network. This is how it has been marketed to the users. This is how it acted until the 2016 elections. Examples:
Evan Williams, Twitter CEO, 2009, TED Talk:
One of my favorites is what happened a few months ago when there was a gas shortage in Atlanta. Some users figured out that they would Twitter when they found gas — where it was, and how much it cost — and then appended the keyword “#atlgas” which let other people search for that and find gas themselves. And this trend of people using this communication network to help each other out goes far beyond the original idea of just keeping up with family and friends.
Biz Stone [Twitter co-founder], 2009: I think of Twitter first as a communication network that has very social elements to it. … You’re trying to organize a quick meeting among friends at a bar at 6 tonight and it’s 5:30, so you send out a Twitter message to everyone saying, “I’m here, who’s with me?” That’s not blogging, that’s communication.
Twitter, Inc. is a provider of the Twitter communication network. Twitter, Inc. should be held accountable for violating all federal and state laws, governing electronic communications and their providers.
via Science Defies Politics
June 1, 2020 at 08:04PM
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