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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 19 Aug 2017

      A hypothesis about how you might discover the next Twitter.pic.twitter.com/ral5ns6S7p

      113 replies 324 retweets 1,107 likes
    2. Geoffrey Miller‏Verified account @primalpoly 19 Aug 2017
      Replying to @OwenBenjamin @paulg

      People are notably meaner on Twitter than on Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest. The user experience design matters, I think.

      4 replies 0 retweets 17 likes
    3. Me, For Now‏ @meaghan_newell 19 Aug 2017
      Replying to @OwenBenjamin @primalpoly @paulg

      Guys-it's bc your Auntie isn't on here and people don't get on here to share potty training success. Go to FB for nice. Leave Twitter alone.

      1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
    4. Me, For Now‏ @meaghan_newell 19 Aug 2017
      Replying to @OwenBenjamin @primalpoly @paulg

      I left FB bc it wasn't a platform for dialogue. I ❤️ twitter bc everyone here came to discuss. I say: grow thicker skin and keep talking! 🙂

      1 reply 3 retweets 9 likes
      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 19 Aug 2017
      Replying to @meaghan_newell @OwenBenjamin @primalpoly

      That's like saying the way to deal with insecure OSes is to resign yourself to your computer being loaded with viruses.

      11:29 AM - 19 Aug 2017
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        1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @OwenBenjamin @meaghan_newell @primalpoly

          That saying sounds like pre-Industrial Revolution thinking. And indeed it seems to originate with Shantideva, who was born in 685 AD.

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        2. Geoffrey Miller‏Verified account @primalpoly 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @paulg @meaghan_newell @OwenBenjamin

          'Grow a thicker skin' assumes everyone can do so, regardless of stable personality traits, life stressors, vulnerability to doxxing, etc.

          1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
        3. Me, For Now‏ @meaghan_newell 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @primalpoly @paulg @OwenBenjamin

          "Make it less mean" assumes everyone can.

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        4. Geoffrey Miller‏Verified account @primalpoly 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @meaghan_newell @paulg @OwenBenjamin

          Yeah, I wrote about that issue here: http://quillette.com/2017/07/18/neurodiversity-case-free-speech/ … Tricky problem, but not insoluble.

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        5. Me, For Now‏ @meaghan_newell 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @primalpoly @paulg @OwenBenjamin

          I know- love it. My husband is Aspie. Just bc he may not say things nice-like doesn't mean he has no right to say it.

          0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
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        1. ice9‏ @__ice9 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @paulg @meaghan_newell and

          We're tired of every platform being dominated by oppressive social vigilantes and censorship. Intellectual discussion requires openness.

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        2. Me, For Now‏ @meaghan_newell 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @paulg @OwenBenjamin @primalpoly

          False. As computer owner you decide what is harmful and take steps. It's more like we are all files. How do you know *you* aren't the virus?

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        3. Me, For Now‏ @meaghan_newell 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @meaghan_newell @paulg and

          (Btw, I hope "false" doesn't sound attrack-y. It was less letters than "I disagree". Ha)

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        2. Daemon Todd‏ @daemontodd 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @paulg @meaghan_newell and

          Not really. To extend the debatable analogy, "thicker skin" might be the analogue of a user learning not to open anonymous .exe attachments.

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        3. Me, For Now‏ @meaghan_newell 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @daemontodd @paulg and

          Exactly.

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        4. Daemon Todd‏ @daemontodd 20 Aug 2017
          Replying to @meaghan_newell @paulg and

          I think this extension is interesting though: security is a systemic concern, with requirements on the user (good habits), on the ... 1/

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        5. Daemon Todd‏ @daemontodd 20 Aug 2017
          Replying to @daemontodd @meaghan_newell and

          ... individual computer, on the local network, on the ISP, etc. Analogous hierarchy for culture. A lot of modern PC culture ... 2/

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        6. Daemon Todd‏ @daemontodd 20 Aug 2017
          Replying to @daemontodd @meaghan_newell and

          ... misses this completely and claims a single locus of responsibility. 3/3

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        1. Julian‏ @juliancaribe 20 Aug 2017
          Replying to @paulg @meaghan_newell and

          No, it means develop a better anti-virus instead of limiting the capabilities of your OS.

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        1. Dolph Rossman‏ @darekrossman 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @paulg @meaghan_newell and

          I appreciate ambitious ideas - but equating the dynamics of human communities to discreet systems seems like a flawed analogy.

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        2. Phillip Le‏ @arcdury 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @paulg @meaghan_newell and

          Sure, but we aren't OSes and hurt feelings isn't a virus? If tough dialogue on Twitter caused influenza or cancer, yeah, totally.

          4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Phillip Le‏ @arcdury 19 Aug 2017
          Replying to @arcdury @paulg and

          I appreciate shifted thinking in how UX can affect behavior for better discourse, but better discourse doesn't necessarily mean more polite.

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