PARLER GAMES

摘要

For several years now, Twitter has been called "the new newswire." For better or worse, Twitter often has the earliest mentions of breaking news or rumors about events in advance of when they happen. Ironically, in the late 2000s, Twitter usage was waning, and its future relevancy was in doubt. However, when Donald Trump was elected U.S. president in 2016, his tweets became the main method of communication from The White House, and usage skyrocketed -from 30 million monthly active users in Q1 2010 to more than 300 million in Q1 2017.1 Fast-forward to 2021, and Twitter's future is once again uncertain, with a fake news twist that is deeply concerning for librarians and information professionals.