Is Social Media a Steam Valve?

"i think social media causes us to believe a lot of really bad things that are pathological," he says. "If it's a bulshet opinion, yes, the earth really is flat. I believe that. Let's yell out about it some more." Twitter has this ability to be seen, which is related to twitter's incredible power of discovery, and if that sometimes manifests as bleeding the pressure release valve, that's probably good too'