I don’t really get the premise here. The popular tweet relates because 15 years ago most people weren’t spending almost 1/3 of their day on a screen.
Now that is definitely the case and backed with data throughout the years.
The internet has always been fragmented. I think the arguments of Facebook or Twitter being some type of global consciousness is short sighted. It has maybe as many users as the population of the USA. The world has an estimated 5 billion people who have regular access to the internet. Is the world consciousness really representative of the most engaged internet users? That’s a huge problem in itself and the thought that journalists are stuck on Twitter makes no sense. If life is all about change and we see behemoths come and go, then surely journalism will evolve outside of a single platform.
Now that is definitely the case and backed with data throughout the years.
The internet has always been fragmented. I think the arguments of Facebook or Twitter being some type of global consciousness is short sighted. It has maybe as many users as the population of the USA. The world has an estimated 5 billion people who have regular access to the internet. Is the world consciousness really representative of the most engaged internet users? That’s a huge problem in itself and the thought that journalists are stuck on Twitter makes no sense. If life is all about change and we see behemoths come and go, then surely journalism will evolve outside of a single platform.