it never feels that fun when you're on the business end https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1376608321113886726 …
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the problem is that there are weird structural things about twitter that make "criticism" turn really fast into something very unpleasant, because you're not just dealing with the person who initially attacked but all their followers
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i think you can tell when people are pretty obviously trying to create an unpleasant experience for someone else, but its also possible to just like lose your temper and cause a pretty nasty situation for someone
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the thing about twitter is that you can start or participate in a mob without realizing it or with enough deniability to make sartrean bad faith possible: "oh i wasnt really trying to do that"
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i am definitely super guilty of being pugnacious on here and im sure ive created unpleasant situations for others, but prefer more and more to take it off twitter into long form argument
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even big accounts who are like "social media mobs are bad, cancel culture etc." dunk on people, they just think the people who they do it to are contemptible so its justified, people usually think they are morally justified when they attack others
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look everyone has bad moments and loses control and gets angry, but like if your entire MO is like trying to discipline and punish others on social media through ridicule and abuse it seems like you've got other issues
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but almost everybody has a list in their mind of people who "have it coming", no one is christlike on social media
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Excuse me while I adjust my crown of thorns before responding.
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