Maggie's Farm

Now that we've all done the obligatory reverse-virtue-signalling harrumphs, we can remind ourselves that Twitter was - and remains - a pioneering, valuable counterweight to corporate media hegemony.

It is a way for non-bloggers to tell their stories. Which are often ignored or distorted by institutional reportage.

The short format and ability to capture events lets us hear about important news and experiences from "disenfranchised" people who may not be articulate or consider themselves writers.

Without being sucked in to cyberspace, judicious use of Twitter let me sample first hand reportage and (often contrarian) opinion on BLM, global warming, vaccination efficacy, Brexit, Afghanistan, EU politics, Canadian politics, etc.

Do I have to sift through chaff to get to the tenured professors and authentic locals? Yep - that's the way 'a free press' is supposed to work.
Remember?

The ability to publish electronically removed bars to free expression - and for conservatives that's A Good Thing. We're the ones who trust people to make up their own minds.
Remember?

What exactly did you expect the free exchange of ideas to look like - a think tank or a literary circle?