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Even great journalists need editors.
Sometimes writers need editors to protect them from themselves.
"You need editors, you need other eyes on the stories, you need lawyers, ways to withstand the pressure.
Imaginative writers need editors; but when it is the editor or the series that furnishes the occasion to exercise their imaginations the results can be mediocre.
There is a strong ethical reason to want this, but also a business reason: that street is a reflection of our market, and we need editors, designers, publicists and salespeople who reflect it too.
DeRogatis complained: "but they don't know where the comma goes," his point being that writers need editors, lawyers and the rest of the infrastructure a magazine can bring.
In short, we need editors to ask questions and reporters to have standards that have to be met before a story appears in the public sphere, whether in print or on the Internet.
"If all our authors were as he was, we wouldn't need editors," Schulman said.
When the fad fades all that will remain are the chess players, and we'll need editors to make sure the game doesn't end in a stalemate.
If Twitter – or any platform – is more of a publication than a tool, though, the answer is clear: a publication needs editors.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com