2/ Jaron Lanier, the VR pioneer, has written and talked extensively and persuasively about this subject over the years. After much reflection, he has won me over. I'm just short of deleting Twitter totally- only because we have such a big audience here.
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3/ What this means: No more political posts nor trying to change the world with tweets; no more engagement with comments; and no more attempting to make arguments 280 characters at a time that inevitably get taken out of context.
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4/ There's a number of things motivating this. Jaron's arguments are extremely persuasive to me, but also there's personal reasons that I'm not going to go into here. Mainly, I simply think social media is breaking brains. It's mental junk food. It's addicting.
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5/ I'll stop there because otherwise I'll be contradicting myself with trying to persuade on Twitter. But I simply encourage others to reflect on the state of the world, their own experiences with social media, and then consider if you really need or want that.
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I really think you should do what you want. When I used FB (6 whole months), I always felt terrible. So I ditched it. Twitter has been different for me. There's been some work on how it can be used for good. (thread)https://twitter.com/amy_tabb/status/1279443256082923520 …
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Agree with Amy. To add, I have made many new friends on twitter and even reddit. I have made zero new friends or met new people on FB. I think this is by design.
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Please continue your general deep learning words of advice/inspiration as well! I'm in the beginning stages of making a deep learning app for sign language, and I've really enjoyed learning from your deep learning tweets!
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Why would you murder your twitter persona? Well, if it makes you happy, then I am glad you’re happy. I hope to see you back one day.
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The most interesting thing is that I found out about the Twitter negator from Twitter.) It’s interesting thing also. if I use from all social networks only Twitter is that addiction or isn't yet? I think that there are therapeutic doses.)
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