To dwell on the obnoxiousness of the noise is to miss the result: That we end up with more facts, sooner, with less ambiguity.
Twitter is a fact-processing machine on a grand scale propagating then destroying rumors at a neck-snapping pace. 

(Source: gofwd, via emergentfutures)

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    Interesting argument...internet’s fast, efficient ability
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