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I don't know that much about Ed Sheeran, but the whole Twitter thing (not a user either) does seem a rather pointless echo chamber for the most part.

But you mentioned Trump and his twittering. Today on the News, in regards to North Korea trying to blow up Japan again, Trump's Twitter was cited. Not an official statement from the US Government. The man's Twitter! That doesn't sit well with me, at all. Without Twitter, we'd be getting a lot more thought-out and... sane, responses to problematic situations.

Also, it's an anonymous forum, where people can share with the world their, sometimes, vilest thoughts, that were before reserved for close friends, and strangers on the bus. And the 140 character limit eliminates any possibility for nuanced discourse IMO.

I'll likely get flamed for this, but IMO, Twitter is 99.5% mindless idiotic blather...and that includes our cheeto in chief

I used to use twitter (90% private use, visible only to friends) but I stopped using it in 2011. I guess it's changed a bit since then and there are more celebrities on it now. I feel like the smart way to use it for celebs, is to have an assistant or PR person man your twitter, the way they used to open fan mail for celebs.
That way they can weed out the freaks. I don't blame anyone for leaving a platform where they just face all the freaks directly with no filter. But the solution is use it as another PR tool, not obsessively reading everything that everyone says about you.

The president should just stop it. Period. He needs to let staffers run his social media accounts. His shenanigans are undignified and it will backfire on him. (or on all of us Americans).
He doesn't have the discipline to use it appropriately and he gets obsessed with unimportant things when there are so many important things he should be focusing on.

The character limit is bad because he's the kind of person who wants to use every last character. Like he makes a comment, he says what he needs to say, but there are still 4 characters left. Oh dear, we can't leave 4 characters go to waste when we could be spouting more nonsense! So he adds "SAD" at the end. And that just ruins it. It instantly sinks into 7th grade idiot level. He's got no self control. Know when to say 'when'.

I've never understood social media, it seems anti-social to me. Not much love getting bandied about on those platforms.

Don't say or do something that you can't back up yourself in person.

Unfortunately Trump can back up what he says in person and that's dangerous. #Sad.

Twitter's my main source of news now. I choose to follow sources I trust, and it's usually much faster than the 24-hour news networks. Once, there was a wildfire very near my parents' house in the mountains. People around there were tweeting pics and showing exactly how close the fire got to their home. My parents were in the process of evacuating and I couldn't reach them. The twitter feed was very helpful (there are a lot of fires in our area). The other day, there was a plane crash on a freeway I was traveling on. Twitter had more instant info than any one news site. I also follow some folks with inside info on what's actually going on in D.C., and some with good senses of humor.

As far as celebrities that can't deal with negative comments, they need to grow a thicker skin, or just don't do social media. Everybody gets hateful comments. If it bothers them, then don't read them. No biggie. Aren't kids taught the "sticks and stones..." thing anymore?

Trump is careless with words on twitter.

I really don't see the point. It seems it's just a forum for people to try to be more than what they are or show how clever they
think they are or for people waiting to see who will say something stupid so they can pounce on them.
It's now some trophy to see how many like you, or follow you. In the end what does it matter.
Facebook is somewhat similar. IMO. People post pictures and things to try to one up somebody else.
Or everybody is judging everybody else. I realize this isn't everybody. This is my own personal opinion and doesn't reflect
that of MovieChat.

Yes, I am cruel a great deal on that site. I use it to rant, mostly about animal abusers, but sometimes so -called "stars" especially when they act like fools.