Surprised at how split the answers are on this. I’d generally choose the first answer. For most tough problems, I expect there are a handful of “hardcore contributors” who do most of the work, and some “wannabes”/“cheerleaders” who don’t help or hurt much.https://twitter.com/s_r_constantin/status/1194708253537521664 …
-
Show this thread
-
In social activism, I sometimes see claims that performative, passive support is actively good (“raising awareness”, “shifting the Overton window”) and sometimes that it’s net harmful (“greenwashing”, “corporate PR”, “slacktivism”).
3 replies 0 retweets 3 likesShow this thread -
A related issue is whether a wave of inflated hype around a technology is net good, bad, or neutral for the underlying fundamental progress of that technology.
1 reply 0 retweets 2 likesShow this thread
I sometimes see aggressively unfriendly tactics used to scare off “casuals”. Some people see casuals as obviously toxic; some people see alienating them as obviously stupid; I think there’s got to be contextual nuances here.
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.