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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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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
i've been feeling blocked wrt twitter for months now - like it shocks me how much better my tweets were in 2019 and 2020 when i didn't feel blocked, i just don't tweet fire anymore - and maybe it means i have a new set of things to unsuppress related to anger and resentment
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Rafael Bulsing
@rmbalt
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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Rafael Bulsing
@rmbalt
Yea I should do this. Actually tried to some months ago but half assed it cause I feel bad for unfollowing people 😂 like I don't want people to think it's because they said something wrong or whatever (even tho realistically most people wouldn't even notice)
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Rafael Bulsing
@rmbalt
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@QiaochuYuan
Ok, that was a good thread. Yeah that all makes a lot of sense. So that it, I'm going to do it! And do it right this time Thanks for this lil pep talk my dude, it was very much appreciated 🙏
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