7. Coyne has been a major voice on Canadian twitter, a hub for conversations from a broad spectrum of readers.
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8. I can understand why Coyne decided to take a break from twitter. There's a cost/benefit to what twitter can give you.
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9. Benefit of twitter are the great conversations, cost are trolls and flameouts.
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10. Cost/benefit ratio is different for different people. For women, costs build up quicker because of amount of misogynist hate out there.
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11. At Coyne's level of popularity (70K plus followers) you're likely to get more trolls & twitter an become a massive time drain.
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12. So I understand why Coyne wants to take a break. He must be going through a mixture of relief & occasional withdrawal spasms.
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13. I'm not addicted to twitter. My hands just naturally twitch like that.
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14. Coyne's own inimitable comments: “Lordy. It’s just Twitter. It’s not that big a deal. Just refocusing, that’s all.”
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15. "Refocusing" is good. Twitter and other social media are tools. If they become depressing distractions, better to find other tools.
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16. I don't think I'm the only one who already misses Coyne's twitter presence, although he'll be around in many other media.
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17. As I said about someone else, Coyne leaving twitter is like a friend moving to another city. Such is the strange intimacy of this form.
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