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I rarely saw journalists use quote tweets. And many journalists were on twitter but not actually on twitter.

Their empoyers rely on the public to quote tweet articles - ie doing the marketing for free. Many people quote tweeted as a response to a click-bait heading; rarely reading the articles. Quote tweeting media fed people's rage, anxiety, distrust, and clout-chasing desire. And because media/journalists rarely monitor quote tweets or replies, there were often threads full of racism, bigotry, abuse, trolling, harmful sealioning, and more.

Speaking as a freelance writer with bylines, who was too plugged into twitter: media organisations and journalists now have an opportunity to adopt more ethical, people-focused communication. And leave the bad practices behind.