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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
writing this thread was cathartic for me but i think it also suggests something really unfortunate about twitter dynamics. i think something a bit bad happens when you swallow your reaction to a tweet that really gets to you, and that makes me a lot more sympathetic to angry QTs
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
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i don't think i've really allowed myself to notice how much i dislike this but i actually feel sad and angry every time i hear messaging about how women (exclusively) have [a problem that i also have] twitter.com/Virtual1nstinc…
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
like insofar as a tweet might piss you off enough to feel, even slightly, like a boundary violation or a value violation or anything like that, maybe swallowing your reaction to it could feel like acquiescing to that violation in a way that can feel unacceptable
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
i think i swallow my reaction to tweets a lot in this way because i don't want to succumb to "bad on purpose to make you click" toxoplasma-type dynamics, but... maybe i don't want to do that acquiescing thing anymore, also
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Loving Elodes
@ElodesNL
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@QiaochuYuan
do whatever you like but it would make me incredibly happy to see you tweet super angry rants about anything you feel passionate and angry about. i bet it'd be fantastic no matter what. but like do whatever you want though 🙌
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Ankit Shah
@ankitshah
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just found this (your) thread moments after i wrote this (my) thread about a similar-ish sensation
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there's all these things i would say and share on the internet if i wanted more attention but whenever i think about all the times i've gotten tons of attention, it's clear that more attention is not really what i want lots of attention is usually a pretty crappy reward
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Rafael Bulsing
@rmbalt
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I getchu, Been feeling "twitter blocked" for quite a while now. But in my case I think it probably has to do with following too many people, just not being able to actually follow the journeys and narratives people are creating. Maybe I should just start over sometime 🤔
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