Evolution of responses to a high-engagement tweet:
Hour 1: just
s and
s and nice comments
Hour 2: “well actually...”
Hour 3: “you are wrong and also evil”
Hour 4: racism and sexism, somehow
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Replying to @AstroKatie
Pretty sure you could prove this hypothesis scientifically.
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Replying to @jessphoenix2018
It would be an interesting thing to study quantitatively
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Replying to @AstroKatie @jessphoenix2018
It gets depressing real damn fast though...
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Replying to @generativist @jessphoenix2018
Yeah but at least once you’ve seen the pattern play out many times you don’t take it personally anymore. At this point, I know the replies will get bad, but I also know that the longer it takes for that to happen, the less likely they’re thoughtful comments from people I respect.
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Replying to @AstroKatie @jessphoenix2018
Yes. My post defense (tentative) plan is a computational immune system that protects your (limited!) attention and emotional energy from these predictable, exhausting social media patterns. ;)
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That is a real problem that we all need to be solved. Please keep updating on progress (don't wait for defense... procrastination is calling now
#DutyFirst )1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
Thanks! I hope to start releasing tools very soon!
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