the twitter timeline is sort of a partial substitute for one’s imagination. perhaps one of the many things we are looking for from it is someone to show us new possibilities we can’t imagine by ourselves
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if you believe that mimesis (imitation) is inextricably intertwined with desire, then in following others you generally follow those people whom you want to be more like, which makes your newsfeed an aspirational extension of the self (what a horrible thought)
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i kinda buy this and mostly i think it's good news insofar as it can inform your choices of who to follow and unfollow!
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i am maybe unusual in regarding long-time following as an intimate thing to do. i often experience other people’s tweets as happening inside me in some sense; they sort of enter my head the same way my own thoughts do. this is a lot of power to give someone! twitter.com/parafactual/st…
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