Never mind the analysis – abuse and vitriol are trending on Twitter | Media | The Observer
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Join up those pieces and answers emerge. Why is Twitter so dominant in journalists’ lives? Because it’s instantly there and instantly gone. Existence in 140 characters, no time for tedium. Why has celebrity coverage seeped out of the tabloids into everything but the FT? Because that’s what Times, Telegraph and Guardian readers want: just look at their running top 10s. Why is so much reader comment vitriolic going on pure troll terrorism? Because the arguments are often geared to provoke massive reactions. Whatever happened to analysis, to straightforward, detailed explanation of issues? Gone, because detail, straightforwardly, doesn’t make the menu. Who wants necessary complexity when optional abuse comes much more easily?
