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    eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jan 26

    eigenrobot Retweeted Megan McArdle

    uncharacteristically i disagree with Megan she is basically suggesting a bluecheck purge but I think shining light on how our Experts and Journalists operate and reach consensus has been quite instructive to everyonehttps://twitter.com/asymmetricinfo/status/1354062586149548034 …

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    Megan McArdleVerified account @asymmetricinfo
    Anyway, thanks for reading, as usual, this is just a little teaser for a column that makes the point in much more depth. That column is here and I urge you to read it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/22/its-time-major-institutions-make-their-employees-get-off-twitter/ …
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      1. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jan 26

        "forcing {X} off twitter would simply push them into dark social networks where we can't monitor them" works as well for X = 'bluechecks' as it does X = 'far right'

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      2. Megan McArdle‏Verified account @asymmetricinfo Jan 26
        Replying to @eigenrobot

        In fact, as I argue in the piece, groupthink makes groups more extreme than they were. It is not shining a light on a pre-existing issue, so much as exacerbating the problem. (And yes, I've worked in newsrooms pre- and post-Twitter.)

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      3. Megan McArdle‏Verified account @asymmetricinfo Jan 26
        Replying to @asymmetricinfo @eigenrobot

        As with many datapoints, what you think you've discovered is actually an artifact of the observation process.

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      1. Sirsfurther‏ @sirsfurther Jan 26
        Replying to @eigenrobot

        Had this thought abt the Tom Cotton op ed from a couple of decades ago

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      2. Marc “Except You, You're All Right” Whipple‏ @WhippleMarc Jan 26
        Replying to @eigenrobot

        no purge more of a flight or maybe a forced migration, though not sure what to call a forced migration to make people go back to where they were supposed to be in the first place

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      3. Marc “Except You, You're All Right” Whipple‏ @WhippleMarc Jan 26
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        and not all bluechecks, only the ones we are supposed to believe have some sort of institutional imprimatur Rob Reiner and Kevin Sorbo can go right on doing their do

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      1. Christian‏ @CXGonzalez_ Jan 26
        Replying to @eigenrobot

        Christian Retweeted Christian

        While distributed/decentralized info curation does tend towards wheel nodes (similar to centralization) bc of incentives to grow ones audience, one major benefit is the ability for masses of randos to call the taste makers out on their BShttps://twitter.com/CXGonzalez_/status/1346981790515343360 …

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        Definitely agreed with the latter part especially in our generation But I'm not so confident decentralization won't end up the same way. I think the nature of networks is to form "wheel nodes." And there's a huge incentive to become a wn by spreading inflammatory content pic.twitter.com/qXUEkMfsXA
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      1. WhiskeyWolf‏ @TheWhiskeyWolf Jan 26
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        I dunno. That day all the Blue Checks couldn’t log in was a pretty glorious day.

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      2. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Jan 26
        Replying to @CyberneticMelon

        oh wow I had almost forgotten 😃

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