Twitter is a platform optimised for confrontation.
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@aral stay strong!#NeverQuit -
@miikap Thanks, Miika :) I don’t plan on quitting; just need to optimise how I use my time.
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@aral Twitter, and so many other platforms, operate in terms of the attention economy. Confrontation registers as attention. This adds value -
@JimBarrett@aral Agreed. And the short format amplifies this - often into sneering and shouting. -
@aral@JimBarrett Interesting. But more characters would mean more crap..? ;) And blocking is an ego problem (on both sides) ;) -
@memneon@aral@JimBarrett we have mute which is like a soft-block, which is good, but, yeah, raise the max character length -
@andywalpole@aral@JimBarrett Muting - that's something I wasn't really aware of (because I've never done it). I can see the point but I..
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@aral pretty sure it's the firstThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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