Let’s Be Honest About Twitter: It Doesn’t Represent the Real World


Let me first say that I am a huge fan of Twitter. I’m borderline-obsessed with it. Though I hide behind a company account (that’s @CivicScience — please follow!), I write 90% of our posts myself. Twitter is the first place I go for breaking news, to hear people rant about the Steelers and to keep up with my favorite writers and peers. I love it.

But I am in a minority. Twitter is an echo chamber for people like me — people shamefully addicted to their digital devices, terrified of missing the latest Edward Snowden bombshell or self-absorbed enough to think that people care what we have to share.

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