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Twitter’s ‘Vox Populi’ Is a Lie
In the year 798, the noted scholar Alcuin of York penned a letter to Charlemagne, King of the Franks and Lombards, to (as was his wont) advise the...
Is It 2023 Yet?
Michael Calore: In one word?Lauren Goode: I'll give you a phrase.Michael Calore: Elon Musk.Lauren Goode: Oh, really? It's like a proper noun.Michael Calore: Yeah.Lauren Goode: It's like an...
For Black Folks, Digital Migration Is Nothing New
Among Black folks, on the occasion of being invited to an event, a common question is, “Who gone be there?” In other words, the essential question for determining...
The Trumpification of Elon Musk
Around the time Trump was inaugurated in 2017, I said to colleagues in the newsroom where I worked at the time that we shouldn’t cover everything he said...
Let Twitter Devolve Into Porn
“I am mad for it to be in contact with me,” Walt Whitman wrote, of what he called “life’s atmosphere.” No doubt he also meant contact with the...
The Transparency Theater of the Twitter Files
In short, no one’s tweets were unfindable to the public without the poster knowing about it: If they were suspended or banned, naturally they’d be aware. De-amplification—affecting a person’s...
