Mondrian

The "wisdom of the crowd" is just as often its folly.

If you think about it, letting other users see someone's numbers—how many people they follow, how many people follow them—was actually a terrible decision. #SocialMedia #MoreHarmThanGood

Despite its age and technical idiosyncrasies, #SecondLife is the closest thing we have to the 3D Web, an Internet of places, the metaverse... and I wish more journalists (and scholars too) would acknowledge its success and maybe try to understand why so many of us are still here.

And yeah, #SecondLife might not be as "fancy" in some ways as its younger competitors, and it definitely struggles a little sometimes under the weight of long-entrenched limitations, but it's still being actively developed and has a diverse, creative community like no other.

For one thing, AFAIK #SecondLife still has far better numbers than all these social #VR platforms combined: bigger economy, more active users, and so on. Granted, it has been going for 15 years—a slight head start—but that longevity alone is worth more than a casual mention.

This seems to happen a lot. I get that journalists want to "break the story" and be seen as covering the latest and greatest, writing from where the action supposedly is; no one wants to appear irrelevant. But consigning #SecondLife to antiquity is not the way to do it, IMO.

It's always a little disheartening to read an article about a "new social #VR application" where the writer, by way of comparison, mentions #SecondLife but almost exclusively in the past tense, making it sound (to those who don't know any better) like SL is no longer around.

"#Writing is such sweet sorrow," he sighed. "Parting. You mean 'parting' is such sweet sorrow." He glared back. "And just what is it you think I'm doing, then, if not bidding fond farewell to my #words and sending them out into a world where they may never truly be mine again?"

The things we're expected to say.

I am, I have realized, a constant source of amusement and curiosity to those who know me. Case in point: I use one of those inflatable exercise balls at my desk instead of an office chair.

Narratives guide us. Narratives define us. And sometimes narratives confine us and hold us back. #life #story

I wonder if we'll ever actually reach the point where humanity thinks of the #Earth itself as "home," with the only meaningful border the one between our planet's atmosphere and the rest of the universe.

...relationships continue to grow and evolve. #Sense8 really is a show unlike any other, w/a phenomenal cast and worldview that we desperately need right now. At the risk of sounding ungrateful for what's already been given, how 'bout a #PrideMonth present, @netflix? #RenewSense8

The #Sense8 finale provided much-needed closure, and at first I thought, "If this is how it has to end, I guess I'm okay with that." But after reading @nm_armstrong's recent write-ups & ideas for its future, I'm reminded how much I would love to see these characters and their...https://twitter.com/NetflixLifee/status/1005486781679063040 …

Whatever else it might be, #writing is a tool for self-understanding, for figuring out who you are (and what you were) and shaping where you go from there. #identity #art

Any other #Sense8 fans planning to be at #LAPride? Also, sounds like Brian and at least a few others might be there, but not sure if he meant at the festival (and which day) or the parade itself. Maybe they have their own float? @netflix @lapridehttps://twitter.com/BrianJacobSmith/status/1005151945013653506 …