In particular, only a rare person can argue well on it, & a kind of Gresham's law of bad-argument-driving-out-good seems to apply at scale.
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An interestingly specific kind of bad based on wishful thinking, and stranger still, the wish to be outraged.
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I wonder if that's an accidental equilibrium, & others are possible, or if something specific about this medium makes it the likely outcome
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I would guess people have always liked outrage in the same sense they always liked nicotine, but we didn't realize how much...
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...til the internet and cigarettes respectively were invented.
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T seems to work best between ~500-50k followers. Reading the mentions of ppl above 50k is often eye opening, & not in a good way.
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Yes, I think that was my threshold.
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As a conversational medium, T seems best for "Yes, and..." style conversation.
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I worry about all the creativity & good writing we've missed out on due to fear of Twitter trolling
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I was thinking about this tweet recently. Since around 2014 Twitter has turned into cable TV with daily controversyhttps://twitter.com/paulg/status/604357089050263552 …
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