Twitter’s heart hits the wrong beat | Media | The Guardian
"Serious news about terrible events calls for a system of language (including visual language) which reflects the gravity or complexity of any given situation. One cannot for instance ‘love' the latest Nasa report on polar ice density, or profess amorous adulation for the news that the Metrojet aircraft which crashed in the Sinai might have been targeted by terrorists.
"The tiny red heart reveals that Twitter does not want us to talk about unpleasant things which cannot be loved, even on a casual, fleeting basis."
You can’t [heart] something unless you really, really [heart] it and not just [star] it, which is a while different thing.
And how can you [star] something if there are no stars?
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