Daily Discussion Thread - 9 July 2023 (lemmy.world)

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[-] I_am_the_grass@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's in the know. Its certainly am ironic term because most believe they don't know shit.

Like James said though, there are some exceptions like TNAT that clearly have inside information. My general feeling is that the ones you talk less know more. Those that tweet every two hours clearly don't know shit because 1) things don't move that fast 2) even if they did, their source isn't going to give them live updates.

James isn't an ITK though. He's a journalist for the Athletic. Journalists have inside information, some of which they report on and some they don't (either because they can't validate the information or they've been asked to hold off, etc).

[-] MutualityWSDEs@social.coop 1 points 1 year ago

@I_am_the_grass
Yeah, ok - ironic and derisive, I guess.
Not heard of TNAT. I don't really follow news updaters on Twitter, well I definitely don't at all now cos I don't have an account.
I do feel like there is a level of elitism &gatekeeping that goes on with these kinds of terms&discourses, when it comes to the established/establishment Arsenal podcasts.
James isnt an ITK but he is literally ITK, but that's the point I think, he uses the term to create separation&prestige for his 'brand'.

[-] Astrealix@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

TNAT is teamnewsandtix, aka leakedlineups on instagram — been an ITK for FPL players for a while, but recently has been talking about our transfers as well.