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Seeking alternative compression. Hopefully wrong on average. Shameless. Started @getcognito and @bloom

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Joined August 2012

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    John Backus‏ @backus Sep 4

    Me: Check out this serious idea I spent an hour tweeting Twitter: Nice Me: Also here’s some stupid joke Twitter: This is equally good

    6:05 PM - 4 Sep 2018
    • 41 Retweets
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    • André tddaygame Seleke M. Sackor @(Lib~Obidi)🎤🎤🔥🔥 Conor L. Myhrvold 🐘 JBPedro Harini Venkataraman ᴍᴜʙᴀʀɪꜱ ɴᴋ 🚀 Junaid. Imad Ali
    13 replies 41 retweets 545 likes
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      2.  🤖 Sonya Mann  🎀‏Verified account @sonyaellenmann Sep 5
        Replying to @backus

        What can I say man I like stupid jokes

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. John Backus‏ @backus Sep 5
        Replying to @sonyaellenmann

        John Backus Retweeted  🤖 Sonya Mann  🎀

        lol. I had this tweet in mind while writing thishttps://twitter.com/sonyaellenmann/status/1021109122580844544?s=21 …

        John Backus added,

         🤖 Sonya Mann  🎀Verified account @sonyaellenmann
        I'm here to post dumb idle thoughts and timeless insights and I'm definitely not out of idle thoughts yet
        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4.  🤖 Sonya Mann  🎀‏Verified account @sonyaellenmann Sep 5
        Replying to @backus

        Hehe I completely forgot about that. Now I'm gonna RT myself like a chump

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. John Backus‏ @backus Sep 5
        Replying to @sonyaellenmann

        rofl I love doing chump moves like that

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. End of conversation
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      2. John Carlos Baez‏ @johncarlosbaez Sep 4
        Replying to @backus

        Don't expect the Twitterfolk to appreciate your depth of thought.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. David Sarac‏ @davidsarac Sep 4
        Replying to @johncarlosbaez

        pic.twitter.com/k2L91OIoO7

        1 reply 0 retweets 12 likes
      4. John Backus‏ @backus Sep 5
        Replying to @davidsarac @johncarlosbaez

        This is my favorite response

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. End of conversation
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      2. John Nerst‏ @everytstudies Sep 4
        Replying to @backus

        This isn't Twitter, this is everything.

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. John Backus‏ @backus Sep 4
        Replying to @everytstudies

        Yeah but I get numbers here

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Nathan K‏ @nathan_k Sep 5
        Replying to @backus

        Is this tweet self referential?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. John Backus‏ @backus Sep 5
        Replying to @nathan_k

        Yup

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. End of conversation
      1. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv Sep 5
        Replying to @backus

        pic.twitter.com/H6TwYodR4g

        0 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
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      1. Darren Smith‏ @jadrievic Sep 4
        Replying to @backus

        Nice.

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      1. Andrew‏ @MuskieMcKay Sep 5
        Replying to @backus

        My jokes are better than my serious tweets at least as measured by vanity metrics and “engagement”.

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      1. Michael Lustig - halfjew22@gmail.com‏ @technoplato Sep 5
        Replying to @backus

        This is more of a problem than anyone realizes.

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      1. Abdelmalik‏ @YouGotAnySauce Sep 5
        Replying to @backus @AJA_Cortes

        LOL

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      1.  👹 Arjun Bhuptani‏ @Arjun_Bhuptani Sep 5
        Replying to @backus

        Which one is this?

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      1. Jared Beck‏ @jaredowenbeck Sep 4
        Replying to @backus

        Likes are a measure of engagement not a measure of quality. People are less often in the mood to engage with something serious?

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      1. Greg Cook‏ @GregCook2011 Sep 4
        Replying to @backus

        Yeah rhymes with meh 😉

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