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#IfTwitterWereAMan sounds like a nightmare

There'd be even more dick pics than there are already.

 

Jaya Saxena

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Posted on May 6, 2016   Updated on May 26, 2021, 8:07 pm CDT

What would Twitter be like if it were a man? That’s the hypothetical question being posed in a trending hashtag this morning, and it’s resulting in, well, a lot of jokes at men’s expense. It’s OK, they can handle it.


https://twitter.com/KY_Jen/status/728556963215331329

Started by @firstandmonday, who host the Hashtag Roundup app, #IfTwitterWereAMan contains a lot of stereotypical jokes (men don’t like asking for directions!) and things that don’t even make sense (really? You’d marry Twitter?). But a lot of the jokes are poking fun at the inequalities between men and women.







https://twitter.com/Br0k3nGl4zz/status/728568562223329280


In a lot of ways, this isn’t even a hypothetical. Twitter has a long history of not paying attention to the abuse of its women users, who endure harassing and threatening tweets. And how else do you explain all the dick pics?

That settles it, Twitter is already a man. 

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*First Published: May 6, 2016, 10:47 am CDT