Is It Time To Delete Twitter?

Has the age of handing over personal information and creating content to help social media companies make money has finally come to an end?

These are good questions to ask now, given some explosive allegations about Twitter’s security practices.if so A large percentage of Twitter accounts are actually botsif it’s true Security breach has exposed our information to hackers, maybe it’s time to re-evaluate these platforms. It starts with a tough question: Is it time to delete Twitter? Maybe Facebook?

I’ve been debating this for myself. On the one hand, I know that social media apps have value. Over the past decade, I’ve been able to post links to my articles and communicate with readers in ways that previously seemed impossible.

I scoured Twitter for breaking news and wrote many times about how people in places like Ukraine can post about injustice. We reach politicians and celebrities like never before. Over the years, I have connected countless friends, colleagues and family members on Facebook.

but.

When you think of Twitter’s latest scandal, it might remind you of another. Or maybe there are several. Facebook’s lists are long, making it difficult to keep track of them, and some experts have even argued that misinformation campaigns in past presidential elections have severely skewed the results.

I still remember seeing Facebook posts about Hilary Clinton’s declining health (she actually just had the flu) and hundreds of other posts.

Don’t get me started on all the weird “health science” posts. Science will either save us all or kill us all, depending on who you follow on Twitter.

In many cases, misinformation is easy to spot. Those spreading misinformation usually don’t include reputable links. JimBob’s blog has a bad reputation. He can barely spell. Unfortunately, this way of working is a bit uneven. If you want information to be skewed in a certain way, all it takes is a post and a link (any link) about that skew to convince you. Social media is the perfect delivery mechanism for these posts. This is an open door. Stupidity has no limits.

One of the biggest problems with social media right now is the inability of AI to keep up with this flow of misinformation, abuse, and coercion. We are helpless. Both Twitter and Facebook’s support staff are fighting a losing battle, and in some ways the allegations about security practices are almost plausible if true. They lost the battle. When this happens, the only remaining tactics are denial and accusation, obfuscation and concealment of facts from the authorities.

What’s really happening here is the shaky business model (based on the attention economy that uses us as pawns for advertising) to falter. You look up to the sky and see that this rickety tower is built to show us ads (and not provide any other real value), and you want to scream and run for the hills in panic.

Unfortunately, the Metaverse is another crumbling tower.

The charges shed further light on the tower’s foundations, with nothing to hold it together other than duct tape and bandages.

I’m not there yet, but I’ve been wondering if it’s time to consider moving to another social media tower. I just need to find someone who won’t falter.