Yes, I'm glad you agree. Some people are getting pissed at me misnaming them. It's hard (but fun). If people can't identify a Twitter clique while staring at a visualization, how will a normie identify it in the wild?
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Replying to @euxenus @literalbanana and
Why do you assume that a random person should be able to identify complex social groups and movements? You clearly weren't able to well, and you seemingly know stuff about these groups.
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Replying to @VinceFHorn @literalbanana and
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Was just considering it for that tweet. Some communities presumably want to be legible to outsiders, others don't.https://twitter.com/rfinz/status/1220049502788292609?s=20 …
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Replying to @euxenus @literalbanana and
I explicitly and intentionally position myself between illegible communities and the mainstream because that's a surprisingly lucrative place to be. (well, doesn't surprise me anymore.) lots of human capital in illegible communities and translators / guides / fixers are useful
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Replying to @sonyasupposedly @literalbanana and
that is a big chunk of my day job, in fact. "can you summarize wtf all these shitposters want"
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WOW WATCHING PPL SELL OUT IN REAL TIME
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Replying to @turrible_tao @sonyasupposedly and
Wait I assumed we were talking about how to replace academia with the superior epistemic option? The co-authorship plan is foolproof, a devil's bargain every academic will take. After a while the shitposters will be known to be the true thinkers.
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but the "superior" option is gnostic 
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