detoxing from the worst habits that twitter encourages is actually very simple: just absolutely refuse to state an opinion about anything or anybody, but keep tweeting
we’ll call it the @eigenrobot cleanse
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eight things you can do on twitter instead of stating an opinion:
tell a story
make a joke
ask a question
start a game
share a feeling
offer help
do a business
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this tweet as an opinion: “ugh people spend too much time on twitter stating opinions i’m sick of it. we should be doing something more fun!!!”
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Replying to @QiaochuYuan
another, mostly equivalent (imo) way of putting it: don't make tweets about how things Should Be "i wish things were x" "i wish people did y more" etc etc i.e. tweets that don't Accept The Now
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its much more fun to poast about your latest progress on making things x or on your experience doing y
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