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Intellectual signaling games can turn into a race to the bottom in terms of • Attention needed to digest others work • Obscurity of topic • Obfuscation of message AFAICT, this isn’t happening yet for SV twitter. Maybe character limit + incentive to not be skipped over?
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Replying to @backus
More likely, you are just situated in a good bubble on Twitter
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Replying to @noahlt
Yeah, you need to curate for sure, but that’s true for all instances of “<subculture> Twitter.” I’d recommend creating a list based on who @michael_nielsen follows if you’re curious.
3:40 PM - 20 Sep 2018
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