@VesselOfSpirit Locally perceived incentives are what matter and can go in lots of directions.
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Replying to @nicktarleton
@VesselOfSpirit "Overuse" is really vague, though, so maybe we agree.5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @nicktarleton
@nicktarleton "edgy" usually seems to be crying foul about net incentives for unusual opinions not being at their strongly negative baseline1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@VesselOfSpirit@nicktarleton dunno that I agree with this. 4chan et. al. seem legitimately "edgy", not actually holding those opinions2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@admittedlyhuman@nicktarleton their motivation seems to be to anger people more than to be praised for edginess maybe1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@VesselOfSpirit@nicktarleton you aren't praised *for* edginess; like any good status play it only works if it's inexplicit.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@admittedlyhuman@nicktarleton okay but that inexplicit thing doesn't seem to be their motivation1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@VesselOfSpirit@nicktarleton among themselves, I think it is.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@admittedlyhuman@nicktarleton do people say "the holocaust was cool and good" to be seen as daring pioneers?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VesselOfSpirit
@VesselOfSpirit@nicktarleton I really feel like we're talking past each other, never mind.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@admittedlyhuman @nicktarleton okay. i guess i was trying to get at what you think is the typical case of 4chan edginess.
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