Cruz is obviously catering to the crazy right, aka Trump's base. I'm not sure about Markey. But I don't blame him for being miffed at someone impersonating him on twitter, if that's the case. I'm not on twitter. But if it came to my attention that someone was impersonating me there, I'd be miffed. And, unlike me, he's a congressman, with serious public responsibilities. I've heard that a lot of public figures are being impersonated on twitter. If this is true, it does present a problem. People do read twitter and do take it seriously. Even if the impersonator is saying benign things while pretending to be Markey, he could very well start saying stupid or false things pretending to be Markey.
The world's richest person can afford a $44B vanity hobby, which is what Musk's Twitter acquisition appears to be. I have been wondering if he is intentionally destroying Twitter, or at least "Twitter as we know it". And I am totally fine with that, in part for the reason you cite in your article.
Cruz is obviously catering to the crazy right, aka Trump's base. I'm not sure about Markey. But I don't blame him for being miffed at someone impersonating him on twitter, if that's the case. I'm not on twitter. But if it came to my attention that someone was impersonating me there, I'd be miffed. And, unlike me, he's a congressman, with serious public responsibilities. I've heard that a lot of public figures are being impersonated on twitter. If this is true, it does present a problem. People do read twitter and do take it seriously. Even if the impersonator is saying benign things while pretending to be Markey, he could very well start saying stupid or false things pretending to be Markey.
The world's richest person can afford a $44B vanity hobby, which is what Musk's Twitter acquisition appears to be. I have been wondering if he is intentionally destroying Twitter, or at least "Twitter as we know it". And I am totally fine with that, in part for the reason you cite in your article.