It depends on the audience. Twitter especially tends to lend itself to biased audiences that don't hold you accountable
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Replying to @elibosnick @helpfulatheist3 and
Hold each other accountable when you have a conversation. Audiences will do their own thing wherever they are.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @helpfulatheist3 and
Yeah but if I'm intellectually dishonest I can just NOT do that. Surely you've run into that on Twitter? Not possible in conversation cause
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Replying to @elibosnick @helpfulatheist3 and
Yes, then the convo ends & you don't bother trying to talk to that person again & everyone can see why.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @elibosnick and
Whereas in face to face conversation, you may only realise you've been deflected from the point when you listen to it again later.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @elibosnick and
I like Twitter coz it gives me time to make sure I've understood the other's point & that I'm responding in a unambiguous way.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @helpfulatheist3 and
How would not being able to ask questions in real time be BETTER for communication. For example I don't understand your point NOW. And if
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Replying to @elibosnick @HPluckrose and
We were talking I would t have to ask 140 characters at a time. Also twitter makes dishonestly and lack of empathy easy. It's just typing
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Replying to @elibosnick @helpfulatheist3 and
I wonder if the difference is that you expect people to be dishonest & ill-motivated & conversation to be a battle & I assume the opposite?pic.twitter.com/LFUnI7qCUz
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Replying to @HPluckrose @helpfulatheist3 and
I mean. I KNOW people are dishonest. I've been on the internet for 8 seconds. Conversation is real time empathetic human interaction.
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Again, I disagree. Tempers flare. No time to cool down & answer diplomatically.
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