The way the internet worked out to randomly reward/curse programmers with astronomic fame has been maybe Not Always So Good
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the amount of Attention that retweeting can bring scales alarmingly. However I happen to feed on dark energy
That's true, but ultimately by posting on a public platform you should be prepared for arbitrary amounts of attention, no?
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It can certainly be surprising or unexpected of course, perhaps unwelcome, but ultimately something to be accepted IMO.
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eh, things change a bit at scale: getting derisively RTed by certain folks can bring days of harassment or worse
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have you ever triggered the kind of mob that can come up in these cases? I haven’t.
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I think the only time I set off a Twitter mob on someone was grsec, but he was asking for it with the blockfest.
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many people protect their accounts to avoid this, but to some extent that’s throwing the baby with the bathwater.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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