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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jan 20
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    Split-second moral judgments, instant denunciations, hair-trigger emotional responses: these are not impulses we'd want to encourage in any other facet of life. Yet social media doesn't just encourage them: they're foundational to its business model. This problem isn't going away

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      1. backtothegrind pantalones‏ @kobrapants Jan 20
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        i'm very happy to be a nobody who's not constantly under pressure to deliver such takes on every passing flotsam that passes thru the TL

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      1. Rubber Soul  🎹‏ @goldfrapp1001 Jan 20
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        And as much as I (mostly) like your observations, you do it as well as anyone. Welcome to the Digital Age, warts and all. Fire away...oops, I’ve no blue check mark, never mind...

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      1.  🦅‏ @Stop_Groupthink Jan 20
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        The answer to this isn’t regulation. Its not “social media’s” fault that outrage occurs. It’s human nature. What do you propose exactly? Are you taking for granted this open forum where information is far more accessible versus say government controlled info throughout history?

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      1. Jay Nelson  ⏳‏ @StoneSculptorJN Jan 20
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        Yup they want a quick reaction. The more the better. That’s what social media is built on, that’s its purpose; to see how people feel about things

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      1. Jay Nelson  ⏳‏ @StoneSculptorJN Jan 20
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        Opinions evolve on social media & a lot of people & corporations, NGO’s & government agencies want to influence the evolution of opinions & ideas

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      1. Adam‏ @Adam_Asmus Jan 20
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        It's not a problem, it's a feature.

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      1. Dee  🌹#WeAreJulianAssange  🌹‏ @devinedianakin Jan 20
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        Thank you Michael. Much respect!

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      1. JBrowne‏ @cvd6262 Jan 20
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        Are you tweeting about the NFL playoffs now?

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      1. notaboomer‏ @shrubfree Jan 20
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        Some acts just lend themselves to snap judgments though

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      2. adam h 🎃lwerda‏ @adamholwerda Jan 20
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        they're not split-second judgements...nice reframing, though they come from understanding the history of how non-white people are treated in this country and resisting the entitlement of behavior by people who have already benefitted from centuries of entitlement of behavior

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      3. adam h 🎃lwerda‏ @adamholwerda Jan 20
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        what is one's underlying morals? that might have to do a lot with the judgements being made, or the attempt to hand-wave actual behavior away by saying the people mad about the behavior are the "real" menace

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      1. YamIhere?  ⏳ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 🇳🇴 🇺🇸 🤡 🌍‏ @YIhere Jan 20
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        Click-baiting is foundational to the "news" business model. Nothing has been more toxic to politics in the US.

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      1.  🌹PapaMafmatik 🌹‏ @mathrok Jan 20
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        How do you stay so rational and removed from it, @mtracey? Meditation? Medication? A growing tumor pressing against your amygdala? Whatever it is, I respect it.

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      1. Who's on First‏ @r_mahoney13 Jan 20
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        But all of these provide so much entertainment... you want them to go away?

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      1. Peter Troyer‏ @aerialspider Jan 21
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        Liked this perhaps too quickly

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      2. Jim. Also, last name‏ @AustinMillb_rge Jan 20
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        Remember when you got wailed on by Maxine Waters?

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      3. adam h 🎃lwerda‏ @adamholwerda Jan 20
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        i wonder if deciding to characterize that interaction as an "assault" was a "split-second moral judgement" you know, for a journalist, in choosing how to describe reality

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      2. Witchen Thinging‏ @KitchenSinging Jan 20
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        And all it took was for this decade old engine to turn on white boys raised on quintuple-digit tuitions to shock the American conscience

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