...it's playing out like a script. Loosely speaking: "pro-driving" side arguing against it, "pro-cities" side boosting it.
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In other words--it's intensifying differences that already exist, rehashing arguments that've already been had a thousand times...
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...accomplishing nothing, convincing nobody, winning no converts. I think the negative, complaining tone is a big factor there too.
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Compare this with my train tweets...not as much interaction (on any *one* tweet; more interaction overall), but...
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...they show things people haven't seen before, provoke questions that don't get asked--they have a positive tone, a contagious enthusiasm.
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If you're trying to shift culture, scolding or complaining won't ever work--and neither will trotting out tired old talking points.
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Be refreshing, satisfying, exciting, unprecedented--and maybe it will work in the end.
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Last point, in sum, etc--the tweet abt ugly highways got me more notifications; the tweets abt pretty trains get me more followers
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