Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

People use “twitter is not real life” to mean two different things: — One, which is wrong, is the idea that what happens on twitter is unimportant or has no impact. — One, which is right, is that Twitter is unprepresentative in a systematic way that can distort things. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 11, 2020 Hibernated

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If you do something that alienates 10% of young college graduates but attracts 5% of old people with no degree it will feel on Twitter like you’ve messed up, but in election-winning terms you’re making a good trade. — PolitiTweet.org

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A lot of online left pathologies stem from embracing the wrong version of this principle rather than the correct one, simultaneously overrating the progressiveness of mass opinion while underrating the potential damage of irresponsible posting. — PolitiTweet.org

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