A psychological theory of social media. Premise 1: People are inherently plural, each variant adapted to a particular context. Different parts of yourself are expressed and suppressed in different contexts. You are literally different people at work, with friends, with family
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so use an alt for things no one wants to read? does that make sense
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You use alts for different aspects of yourself, each of which seeds a new audience that stabilises that aspect.
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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