A lot of people seem to log into twitter dot com to yell some variant of "SHUT THE FUCK UP" either into the void or at someone directly. Logically this isn't a sound strategy. (I'd like to test this empirically though.)
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Replying to @generativist
Logic has very little to do with it, don’t you think? Twitter has become our emotional confessional and venting post.
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Replying to @nerdette
Oh yea, and that part is really useful! (Not sure I would have gotten through
#phdlife without it.) Admittedly my OP was very ambiguous, but I meant more the constant oxygen freely given that feeds the attention pyre.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @generativist
Sure. Also: robots.
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