Why Black Twitter was special

That virtual Shangri-La is the subject of the veteran showrunner’s new Hulu documentary, “Black Twitter: A People’s History.” It captures the far-spanning subculture during its Obama-era glory days, when Black users traded hashtags, memes, GIFs and slanguage with energy, glee and urgency. Now — as the internet has changed, after Twitter became X under new ownership, as new social networks have arisen — Black Twitter is something of a mirage. You can’t really go there anymore.