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Twitter, now X, was once a useful site for breaking news. The Baltimore bridge collapse shows those days are long gone.

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[–] [email protected] 90 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (11 children)

I mean it was never actually a good place for news, aside from the top five trending stories, if you wanted infinite bad takes on them.

[–] [email protected] 133 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I'd argue it was a good place for FAST news. For a lot of major events you can find posts and videos from users before the media releases anything, which is kind of a first for humanity at least in terms of accessibility.

Now, if you're looking for ACCURATE news...

[–] [email protected] -4 points 7 months ago

It was good for fast news in the same way that I can multiply long numbers fast by always saying 62 immediately.

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