On social media, attempts to say anything of consequence will be judged not on their intent, but the exact choice of every single word.
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Replying to @ben_throop
While you might think who you are matters to people that read a tweet, it does not. Instead, that tweet can come to define you,
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For that reason I find myself increasingly unwilling to say anything I'd consider interesting because the cost/benefit is too broken.
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And I'm concerned that most moderate thinking people will make the same judgement, and all the voices left will be extreme.
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And the reasonable folks in the middle will do nothing but watch, listen, and read without advocating for moderation.
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And the irony is that I even have a slight amount of worry that THIS thread will go off the rails with unintended consequences. How meta.
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Came across http://PerspectiveAPI.com via
@TimSweeneyEpic - "identifies whether a comment could be perceived as “toxic" to a discussion."pic.twitter.com/3o5FrF7sWi
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