Social Media Negativity and the Political Dilemma

A look at the growing negativity on the Twitter platform, including it's effect on politics and entertainment, as well as a proposal to climb back out of it.

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Twitter is a completely different landscape within the past year than it was a couple of years ago.

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The landscape has been strongly affected by politics, specifically since the Trump administration took office.

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Becoming a fight for the better headline.

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What started through political divide has bled into entertainment and everyday opinions.

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Everyone believes that their opinion matters now and they’re the only ones that are right. Some people even try to make things political that are just meant to be fun.

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The most recent example of this… The Last Jedi.

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Oversensitivity, offense, and strong opinions have drawn people away from the platform because of too much negativity.

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Some personal ideas on how the platform can be fixed: