One odd thing on Twitter (& elsewhere, but it's so common here) is people making insightful points with such hostility that they greatly damage their chances of reaching the people they think they're trying to reach.
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I think this is true more broadly, but more obvious on twitter (where we can observe conversations between others more than we can IRL). People often focus more on saying what they want to say than figuring out how to create the change they are hoping for.
Nicely put! It carries a high cost in alienating others. I often block or mute such accounts, as a form of mental hygiene (I'm pretty sure that when I read too much hostility I become more hostile myself, which seems bad).
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I started doing the same recently once the negativity in my feed felt like it outweighed the benefits of not alienating. One corner case I struggle with is when people I respect are aggressively argumentative or rude on Twitter. This has happened a few times and is very jarring.
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Or a form of projection?
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How about I retweet this once a day for the next 30 days, Michael?
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