ho would have ever thought that 140 characters could cause so much joy, grief, laughter, and hate. Twitter has been a staple in my life ever since I started punching those miniscule jokes/rants/thoughts into my Blackberry Bold. Back then everyone I knew had a handle, everyone had their own take on what was trending (usually just beef between the different cliques; it was high school, after all), and everyone was active on it. Flash forward to 2017, and my feed is filled with professional comedians, news publications, and only a few of those brave souls I actually know in real life that have held onto it for one reason or another. If | wasn’t an active part of the media, professionally, I probably would have Rm 1020 — 700 Royal Ave. Douglas College New Westminster, BC V3L 5B2 & 604.525.3542 Chandler Walter Editor-in-Chief M editor@theotherpress.ca Jake Wray News Editor M news@theotherpress.ca Davie Wong Sports Editor M sports@theotherpress.ca Jessica Berget Opinions Editor M opinions@theotherpress.ca Mercedes Deutscher Social Media Coordinator @theotherpress 4 7 ~ jumped ship a while ago as well. As much of a stake as I have in the app—sliding into my girlfriend’s DMs three years ago was definitely a highlight—I’ve found that it is usually the last social media square I’m clicking on while commencing my usual, brain-draining scroll. It may, of course, be me to blame. The people I’m following could be what's bringing it down; maybe it seems as though everyone I actually know has “left” because they couldn't put up with my own Twitter antics, and actually just blocked me; or possibly it’s just a silly app that shouldn't have much thought given to it, let alone 400+ words in a student newspaper. Whatever the case, I know that I’m well and stuck in maintaining a presence with the bright blue bird. Twitter seems to have become a necessary app for journalists and @ theotherpress.ca M editor@theotherpress.ca ¥ © /theotherpress f/DouglasOtherPress Rebecca Peterson Assistant Editor Massistant@theotherpress.ca Caroline Ho Arts Editor M arts@theotherpress.ca Brittney MacDonald Life & Style Editor M lifeandstyle@theotherpress.ca Klara Woldenga Humour Editor WM humour@theotherpress.ca Kwiigay liwans Layout Manager © layout@theotherpress.ca ~ 7 iihe beauy-andithe Pr vite a the like as a way to communicate, keep up to date, and post their own articles for the world to see. I generally just RT things I find humourous, but we all should know by now that I’m nowhere near perfect. On the surface, Twitter is amazing for what it is: Simple, quick, to the point. Where it fails is in the utter avalanche of opinions and ideas that come streaming out of it in a suffocating rush. It used to operate ona linear basis: things that were older were lower, and newer tweets were higher in the feed. Then it decided to pull a time-warp and place past tweets earlier, and “what you missed,” “things you might like,” and, the worst offender of all: Tweets from people I’m not following, but that have been liked by those that I am following. I mean come on, there’s an RT button fora reason. With all of these new changes to the a — ia . once-simple structure, the ever-updating nature of the app, and my own laziness as far as cleansing my following list goes, Iam left with an onslaught of information that I barely ever have the time to wade through— meaning that most of the time I won't even jump in. Which is too bad, because it was great in its prime. In all honesty, though, I’m probably the one that has gotten stale. 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