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# Twitter's Tin Ear - and its social illusion
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2016/01/twitter-attention-imbalance/
- Published: 2016-01-21T09:41:22.000Z
- Updated: 2016-01-21T09:41:22.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: asymetric follow, attention, X (Twitter)

[Twitter has a tin ear](http://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2016/01/more-on-twitters-tin-ear/424923/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

> This is the nine-zillionth reminder of the reality that new communications technology doesn’t change old realities of human nature, or increase the number of hours in a day, or change the supply-demand imbalances in people’s attention. Illustration of the kind of imbalance I am talking about: I would love to talk tennis with Roger Federer. He has no interest in talking with me.

Some interesting thoughts about the social and technological context for the current small-scale backlash against Twitter we’re seeing.