1/ People I disagree with broadly have had some aspect of my beliefs corrected by (albeit maybe not synchronously, and completely dependent on accumulated experiences)
- @sonyasupposedly (high-trust)
- @eigenrobot (medium-trust)
- @PereGrimmer (boundary condition)
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5/ Anyways, people have been talking about {mis, dis}-info a lot lately, and the focus has been on the "thems" obviously doing all the damage, and the effect of filter bubbles (and similar analogies). But a lot of times its you cutting social connections, too.
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6/ If you don't like someone, unfollow or mute or block them. That's pretty healthy. But, there is a trigger-happy version of that where you cut off people for any disagreement and differences in beliefs, and in doing so, end the social negotiations. It's an isolation driver.
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7/ Like, seriously, to reiterate — you do whats good for you. It's relatively easy for me to say this for a combination of thick skin and the ease with which I can distance myself from any of the consequences. But well-partitioned cliques have costs, too.
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heheheh I periodically unfollow and refollow Derek for this reason
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I'm trying to refollow you btw. Need to drop people will do soon
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