About this Account: How Twitter's new feature exposed trolls 'manufacturing consent'
The chaos began with a small icon Musk probably assumed would be a cute transparency feature. Instead, it detonated the timeline. For years, people fought with strangers online under the illusion that these strangers lived nearby. That illusion collapsed the moment the map pin dropped. Suddenly, timelines were littered with patriots tweeting from Ankara, Gaza reporters posting from Krakow, and Ivanka Trump megafans tapping away from a quiet suburb in Lagos.
The chaos began with a small icon Musk probably assumed would be a cute transparency feature. Instead, it detonated the timeline. For years, people fought with strangers online under the illusion that these strangers lived nearby. That illusion collapsed the moment the map pin dropped. Suddenly, timelines were littered with patriots tweeting from Ankara, Gaza reporters posting from Krakow, and Ivanka Trump megafans tapping away from a quiet suburb in Lagos.
