Absolutely one of the worst instincts on here is when you see a mutual you appreciate say something like, “yikes getting a lot of abuse for my earlier tweet” or “deleted my earlier tweet” or just suddenly going to protected — and wanting to know what they said.
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Almost invariably, 1. Alice says something that relies on larger context of what she’s said over time. 2. Bob, weakly familiar with Alice, reads tweet with only 280 characters of context and replies angrily. 3. This signal alerts 2+ social hop Malorys, and the cascade begins.
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Replying to @generativist
Maybe, but this also seems to be a charitable reading of a mutual.
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Replying to @NelsonMRosario
Only those I appreciate. I don’t have the lawyering skills with clauses
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