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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg Oct 13

    Twitter is such a constraining medium that anyone who starts an important conversation on it that they could have started by email or in person cares more about the conversation being seen than actually convincing the other person.

    11:39 PM - 13 Oct 2018
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    101 replies 215 retweets 1,615 likes
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      2. Michael‏ @mmay3r Oct 14
        Replying to @paulg

        It’s a performative medium. Kind of like how when being publicly interviewed, one doesn’t optimize responses for the interviewer alone.

        1 reply 1 retweet 35 likes
      3. Adam‏ @adam_mathieson Oct 14
        Replying to @mmay3r @paulg

        That’s why there’s such a premium on authenticity

        0 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
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      2. Colin Percival‏ @cperciva Oct 14
        Replying to @paulg

        The word "anyone" seems to make that an overly strong statement; there are people who simply don't know how to use the medium. But I'll agree with "some" and offer myself as example: Much like on IRC, I'll hold discussions publicly when I anticipate that others can contribute.

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      3. Colin Percival‏ @cperciva Oct 14
        Replying to @cperciva @paulg

        If your comment is directed at people who hold conversations in public and then pretend that said conversations were private when others join in: Right, that's absolutely disingenuous and I wish it would stop.

        1 reply 2 retweets 9 likes
      4. OκULTRA XP 🧿‏ @0K_ultra Oct 14
        Replying to @cperciva @paulg

        people like that see Twitter as a sort of propaganda theater. The audience is supposed to see, but not contribute. Of course Twitter does not work that way, so those types of people get super asshurt

        0 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
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      2. 𝕊𝕥𝕖𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝗣𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘‏ @Pickering Oct 13
        Replying to @paulg

        That's why I've always said why not just not make it unlimited and have the same number of characters passing by in the tweets so that the cosmetic is the same? By the way have you read Gilder's "Life After Google" What do you think about it? @Scobleizer

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. Robert Scoble‏Verified account @Scobleizer Oct 13
        Replying to @Pickering @paulg

        I haven’t read it. Added it to my reading list.

        2 replies 1 retweet 11 likes
      4. cØry‏ @coryklippsten Oct 14
        Replying to @Scobleizer @Pickering @paulg

        The short version: https://youtu.be/cidZRD3NzHg  (George Gilder interview w/ Hoover Inst re Life After Google)

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      1. Sudha Jamthe‏ @sujamthe Oct 14
        Replying to @paulg

        I do this a lot because Twitter allows me to have conversations those who share my passions but we don’t know each other personally to know email or contacts. Helps expand my research w/o limiting to those who I’ve connected because of work or my students w my bias.

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      2. SwiftOnSecurity‏ @SwiftOnSecurity Oct 13
        Replying to @paulg

        You could have sent this as an email smh

        1 reply 0 retweets 35 likes
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      2. Robert Scoble‏Verified account @Scobleizer Oct 13
        Replying to @paulg

        Truth. My email is scobleizer@gmail.com if you wanna talk. My smartphone is +1-425-205-1921. I do tend to do my rehab work one-on-one, or by attending small meetings. Being intimate and open about failures, er vulnerable, on Twitter is hard for sure.

        4 replies 0 retweets 28 likes
      3. Danny Iskandar‏ @diskandartweet Oct 14
        Replying to @Scobleizer @paulg

        What kind of rehab work

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Robert Scoble‏Verified account @Scobleizer Oct 18
        Replying to @diskandartweet @paulg

        I am an alcoholic.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Danny Iskandar‏ @diskandartweet Oct 18
        Replying to @Scobleizer @paulg

        Thanks for sharing ...I think we all have some kind of addiction ... I think I have one too, I called it an attachment. It is good we are aware that we have it, for some they are not even aware they have it.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Danielle Strachman‏ @DStrachman Oct 14
        Replying to @paulg

        I lamented earlier today that Twitter reminds me of a HS popularity contest with certain folks only interacting upward. I dislike when people feign wanting to interact (posting a question or eliciting a response) but actually just want to signal that they are getting attention.

        2 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
      3. Hong‏ @Quan Oct 14
        Replying to @DStrachman @paulg

        That's because some people use Twitter like LinkedIn. I prefer to use it like a blackhole. #screaming

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. Tulips de' Medici‏ @cryptodemedici Oct 13
        Replying to @paulg

        Not true. Everyone LIKE this if you agree with me.

        1 reply 0 retweets 16 likes
      3. Laureano Costa‏ @ideasforce Oct 14
        Replying to @cryptodemedici @paulg

        @luca Bot or Troll?.. or TrollBot?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Luca Hammer‏Verified account @luca Oct 14
        Replying to @ideasforce @cryptodemedici @paulg

        No bot. https://accountanalysis.lucahammer.com/cryptodemedici pic.twitter.com/LH4vsgA87V

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Laureano Costa‏ @ideasforce Oct 14
        Replying to @luca @cryptodemedici @paulg

        I can see a 7 hour sleeping pattern. Are the times in CET?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Luca Hammer‏Verified account @luca Oct 14
        Replying to @ideasforce @cryptodemedici @paulg

        Times are always shown in relation the the user who uses the tool. In the case of the screenshot it's UTC+1.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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