Cooled take: Likes as stochastic retweets was a good idea. It has good ambient intimacy properties.
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Replying to @generativist
Ooh, I'd love to discuss this more. I've been thinking a lot about asymmetric intimacy, especially with podcasts. I once saw Terry Gross interview Ira Glass, and he spoke about that a little bit; there's something about sound that feels personal.
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Replying to @dataandme @generativist
Also, me with likes… (GIF specifically made to illustrate the point at some point)pic.twitter.com/qPz7w69YOe
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💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops 💫 Retweeted Joseph Harrison
For the longest time, this was my position,https://twitter.com/joeyfh/status/1215664342651277316 …
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Replying to @generativist @dataandme
But, then I realized, the signal is actually pretty strong and useful because it lets you say "I see you" (like in your gif) but also lets other people know you're nodding at something. Not RT-level power; but still, it surfaces some hard-to-surface preferences.
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💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops 💫 Retweeted Leigh Honeywell @ 🏡
I want that because it's good ambient intimacy. For example, somehow
@MaureenBug and I slowly got to know each other because of like-entanglement. And that's great because we got to meet and she's a delight (who needs to take me tidepooling eventually)!https://twitter.com/hypatiadotca/status/1191157202339254272 …💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops 💫 added,
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So while I think it should be disable-able (and believe its there mostly to pump more engagements) it's actually a really good social discovery mechanism.
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Yeah, Twitter plays weird games with its level of visibility at times…
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My entire thing now (and what I'm building in my client) is just giving you agency over as much as possible, even if you don't care. It's absurd that a few people control all the interaction structures.
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