It's a newsfeed that you can curate according to writer, not just news outlet. And it gives people a chance to interact with actual experts in serious disciplines who are willing to freely offer their perspectives. There are serious historians practicing their craft and drafting their work in real time and we can see it, for free, on our phones. That's a modern miracle.

Oh, and you can tell an actual Hapsburg and an actual Mussolini what you think of them. And they're probably going to read it. That's democracy in action. It, both the app in general and one's individual feed, needs to be maintained actively and not run on autopilot. But the upsides are so much bigger than the downsides.

I'll also add that, when twitter kicks it, that won't just be the end of the matter. There's going to be a void and some other app that we have less control over is going to fill it.