i hate the thing where every few months we discourse about community norms
time for me to make this dumpster fire worse
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if you're reading this tweet, it's likely bc you joined a community established around the norm of "absolute openness to ideas"
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"absolute openness" also means "openness to really, really bad things"
THIS IS A FEATURE
the alternative isn't "openness to good ideas and people only," it's "THE OPPOSITE OF OPENNESS"
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if you want to benefit from this, great, we love to have you here
if you want to be part of a community that has a purpose other than "absolute openness," great, GO DO THAT
don't try to coopt ours
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maybe a schism is good, actually, if it means the "absolute openness" community can continue to exist while having positive relationships with the people who are drawn to us but want to be part of a different sort of community??
idk
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the underlying emotions here for me are, ofc, fear that my "safe space" is being encroached on by people who will reject me + mine at the first opportunity
it's painful to try to be friendly with people who clearly like me but who i feel vaguely threatened by at all times
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