1/ I know everyone is tired of this but @facebook & @twitter are irreparably flawed. Both throw around the word "community" a lot.
They're not communities.
And, while communities use such services and some may emerge through that mediation, they're at best apparitions.
-
-
6/ The mixture of inter-group to intra-group interactions is awful. At the limit, the medium approaches a combat arena that endlessly fragments communities, pulverizes connections, and crystalizes stereotypic animosity.
Show this thread -
7/ Advertiser-friendly homogeneity and the commodification of attention creates really high market capitalizations because the catastrophic and self-perpetuating social damage is fully externalized.
Show this thread -
See also:
@Aelkus's take on dysfunctional fandoms and politics, which I think is related. https://twitter.com/Aelkus/status/1026843256271851524 …This Tweet is unavailable.Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.