13. Twitter News & Ancient Views

Twitter affects us all, even if you never use it. It is shaping what we think of as "public opinion" as traditional news networks increasingly rely on it. It serves as a forum for discussion, and Andrew & Joel discuss the pros and cons of Twitter's approach.

On the user side, the Bible never talks about Twitter but it does talk about how we ought to speak to one another. What is your speed of listening? Is it quick? What is your speed of speaking? Is it slow? When you use Twitter, do you see evidence of the fruit of the Spirit displayed? For some, they need to delete it since it's destructive. For others, tweet more since we need more Christians in this online version of the public square.

0:00 - Intro

1:13 - What's going on with Musk and Twitter?

5:30 - Twitter Future & Past

9:05 - Lack of Context

13:45 - Challenges of Social Media Management

16:05 - Sort By Latest! (and why)

22:30 - How Important Is News?

30:00 - If you deleted, what would happen?

34:34 - Would Jesus Use Twitter?

Links to things, books, and articles referenced:

- Alastair Roberts on how Social Media lacks context -

- Analogue Christian by Jay Y. Kim -

- Neil Postman on Telegraphy

- C.S. Lewis on why schoolboys shouldn't read the newspaper -

- Chris Martin's book "Terms of Service" -

- Evidence of the harms of social media (meta-analysis by Jonathan Haidt) -

- Research on what happens when you deactivate Facebook -

- WWJT episode with Wyatt Graham on Working Through Our Tech Differences -

- John Dyer's From The Garden To The City -

- Andrew's controversial tweet -