I've read that Twitter is a "sewer". And when I go on there I have to agree, there's a lot of bad stuff on there. And there are a lot of Twitter accounts that are obviously bots and not people. Still, Twitter is used as a quick way to get ideas out into the world, to carry on "conversations" with people we don't know, and to hurl insults and degrading comments anonymously.
All that being said, why don't all Congress members and senators tweet like Trump does? It would increase transparency and give us insight into the way that they think. My guess is that they are concerned that it would reduce their power and control or sense of control.
Mass media likes to act like they are reporting, but from what I've seen and heard they are basically running whatever they are told to run and tend not to actually do any real investigative work. I had a friend that went on several mass media outlets recently to talk about the government shutdown. He told me that every outlet he went to asked him for the questions he wanted asked. I found that to be very interesting.
Twitter is a way to circumvent all of that. Yes, you're in there with the rest of the dirt, but it is handy way to give short bursts of your thoughts and ideas to the world. Jump in!
