Something like a hedgehog vs fox halo effect difference here. Cf Tetlock’s point about most TV talking heads being hedgehogs even though foxes are somewhat better at forecasting. High-range big-celeb actors (Brad Pitt?) seem pretty rare. They’re mostly character actors.
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I suspect most people with successfully separated twitter alts actually perform all handles the same way, but rely on obscurity and basic indifference/disinterest of people in detective work to keep the personas distinct. Security by obscurity.
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Only time I can recall being surprised was when
@pt was revealed to be@StartupLJackson ... but that’s a case of leveraging a famous person very different from yourself. Like BIRGing but for borrowed difference. BIBD. But otoh@SwiftOnSecurity doesn’t bother to BIBD.
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I'm too bad at keeping secrets to even bother with alts. After a few fuckups in early days of Facebook, if I wouldn't say it to my boss or my mom, I don't say it publicly, period. Staying consistent across work / personal / online spaces saves me a lot of time and cognitive load.
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Totally concur with this. I dont say anything online i wouldn't say in real life. This means i shitpost in real life too haha
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