Olly Alexander Quotes

We're living in post-nuance online times.

I think fans have an outlet. Through social media, you can hear them.

The world cannot live on 140 characters alone.

It's nice to have the power of Twitter to correct things that were incorrect.

The Internet has compromised the quality of debate.

I think social media is good for promotion, stuff like that, but people are so negative. People are too negative. If you read the comments, it's just too negative.

I don't have an editor on Twitter. I have an editor in the paper, and so I tend to be less precise in 140 characters and sometimes I leave people confused as to my meaning. And then I make the mistake of engaging and trying to explain it, which just leads you down a rabbit hole.

I think sometimes you need a little more explanation than the characters that you're allowed on Twitter.

If I've learned anything from social media, it's truly that the most irrelevant people always say the most absurd stuff.

When you read Trump's tweets or see candidates interact online like Jeb did with Hillary, you're like, 'Yes, it's just like my friends.' That's the magic.

When I'm on Twitter, we just talk to people. I call all my Twitter followers my 'Twitter babies.'

Social media has changed everything. Since we're talking about what we do when we wake up and posting it, we're talking about where we go on Sundays. It's not just about where you work anymore. It's about your life.

The whole social media thing is ridiculous. Everybody gets to say what they want all the time. That's fine in theory, but it's not civilised. Imagine going into a bar, and everybody in that bar is talking like people do online. They'd just get their teeth punched in.

Technology has allowed the creation of media echo chambers, so that a person can reinforce, rather than debate, viewpoints.

Basically, Twitter can be your best friend or your worst enemy, and I try to make it my best friend and take it for what it is.

It's a new era with regard to social media. It's just something that we have to adapt to and accept.

In our society, social media's so big in our lives. It's all over the place.

I don't read social media.

The Internet and social media can really be life-saving for some kids.

I don't have a Twitter, so I don't know what's happening in that world.

Perhaps the people of Twitter are more amenable to your babbling than your immediate family, but that doesn't necessarily make digital communication a beneficial distraction when we have an immediate social environment.

Instagram has a faster chance of reaching me than CNN, and if I really want to know what's going on, I refresh my Twitter feed.

Social media enables us to talk about issues, shine a light on problems, and raise awareness of struggles that might have gone unnoticed. On the flipside, it also allows for a lot of noise and distractions. Sometimes it doesn't create the best environment for a healthy discussion and can lead to trolling.

I think, culturally, stories are important, whether it be cinema, whether it be by word of mouth - which I don't even know if we do anymore, as it all seems to be social media.

In today's world of blogging and tweeting, conversation has become a bit more staccato. In many ways we're more efficient, but I think the amount of longer conversations that radiated more warmth may have gone down.