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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2/ I think Sonya and I see the world differently in some critical ways, but I can suspend my disbelief and listen to her pretty easy *because* I've met and generally like her. Like, there is a lot of elasticity in that connection.
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@eigenrobot idk at all, but have followed long enough to know that we have a lot of overlap in beliefs — and also some pretty giant and highly antagonistic parts. I think liking a few of his tweets have got me on block lists, but it's been good (and often fun) variance for me.1 reply 1 retweet 16 likesShow this thread -
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@PereGrimmer is exactly on my boundary. I've unfollowed a few times because he's said some shit that I thought was just too shitty. But then found myself following again because he was saying something that *no one* in my network was saying yet I also thought was worth saying.2 replies 1 retweet 24 likesShow this thread -
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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Replying to @generativist
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I'm not sure how to handle friendships across ideological boundaries, do you have any suggestions? I was pretty good friends with sonya before I replied to one of her tweets with this, which I didn't expect would result in her cutting contacthttps://twitter.com/hikikomorphism/status/1207058732590305280 …
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hikikomorphism 🏳️🌈 🏝 🛰️ @hikikomorphismReplying to @sonyasupposedlyNot looking to get into a protracted debate but we do have children dying in concentration camps of preventable diseases while the responsible agency refuses offers of donated medical care, maybe the word evil shouldn't automatically be considered invalid here1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
I'm not sure I know. The examples I gave were a bit biased by the fact they were examples of those I successfully navigated? E.g. Had I not met soyna a few times, would it be different?
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Replying to @generativist @hikikomorphism
I think it's kinda a cast a wide net thing. But, then again, sometimes relationships just collapse for whatever reason.
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yeah, fair - it was the suddenness of it that shook me, we had known each other for a pretty long while
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