I just realized that twitter is trying to turn itself into a broadcast platform. It's the new TV.
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Replying to @sarahmei
It used to be about actually connecting with other people. Now all that is pushed aside in favor of celebrities, groups, spammers.
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Replying to @sarahmei
Increasingly I'm forced into a mode of interaction uncomfortably like broadcast - because I literally can't parse the volume of replies.
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Replying to @sarahmei
I don't want to broadcast into the void, with no knowledge of impact or ensuing discussion.
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Replying to @sarahmei
But they offer no tools to manage conversation at scale. I can't even _understand_ it, much less engage with participants.
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I guess they assume that by the time someone has an audience my size they've outgrown actual connection?
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Replying to @sarahmei
I'm not a celebrity. I don't live in a walled-off villa with bodyguards. And I think there's more than just me in this category.
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If you need a body guard for your walled off Villa, I'm in.
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