In its ideal form, a microblog style site could literally provide an online version of a collective consciousness of society. It would be a live feed of normal people's thoughts.
Except in reality it's porn, smug posting, corporate advertising, vitriol, and propaganda all fueled by algorithms written to keep mofos scrolling.
People taking things the wrong way and turning everything into an argument has always been a thing, though it feels approximately 1000000000000 times worse in just the last few years.
So... ha ha, on the surface this is "lol Republicans are a clown show" but wtf actually happened? Did someone threaten his family? Is there video of him doing morse code with blinks? We can all laugh now but I don't think this is a win for anyone.
What a cancerous website. Even on desktop that place is a mess.
Here's her solution at the end of the article:
We, the internet users, also need to learn to recalibrate our expectations and our behavior online. We need to learn to appreciate areas of the internet that are small, like a new Mastodon server or Discord or blog. We need to trust in the power of “1,000 true fans” over cheaply amassed millions.
The fix for the internet isn’t to shut down Facebook or log off or go outside and touch grass. The solution to the internet is more internet: more apps, more spaces to go, more money sloshing around to fund more good things in more variety, more people engaging thoughtfully in places they like. More utility, more voices, more joy.
Some rando posted on her Shitter account "vote for Labour, get two years" and Rowling responded with the quote in the headline.
If you read the article, they clarify that the Labour party wants to crack down on LGBTQ hate crimes, and nowhere is it said that they would make it illegal to use improper pronouns for others.
I hope it falls below their sales expectations so those asswipes at Blizzard will look at a sinking line graph and wonder, "Do you guys not have Steam?"
Ugh, now I have "egg shaped penis" in my Google search history. But that's ok. I'll take one for the team.
https://www.cracked.com/article27886jeffrey-epstein-had-egg-shaped-penis.html