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Yeh but isn't it just as lazy to dismiss a link to Twitter without taking the 30 seconds to review someone's bio and see if they might be someone relevant and worth reading?
Yeah, that's what I generally do, I wasn't dismissing the posted links, there's plenty to bash about Twitter, but plenty it does well too, this isn't so much about that. Just the unusual unwillingness to click a guardian link juxtaposed with posting of twitter stuff.
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Although of course just because someone has an impressive bio doesn't necessarily mean they're not a complete and utter nutcase on certain emotive topics.
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there's plenty to bash about Twitter, but plenty it does well too,
The same can be said about most of our major newspapers in the UK. Guardian included.
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Yeh but isn't it just as lazy to dismiss a link to Twitter without taking the 30 seconds to review someone's bio and see if they might be someone relevant and worth reading?
If it turns out to be a link to complete conspiracy junk then you can make an informed decision to just ignore anything the user posts going forwards.
If it turns out to be credible analysis or commentary but not aligned to the forums groupthink then maybe it's worth reading?
I guess none of this is really aimed at you but I have found this thread tiring some times as any difference of opinion seems to get shut down quickly and a lot of the conversation is around what policy should be and there is scope for different points of view in that as opposed to the science.