Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️

Yikes, I don't even want to try to extend that metaphor because it's so off base. Your model of the situation is off. I think of your side like people who are afraid to go outside because the news told them it was dangerous, even though crime is at historic lows.

I think people position it more as upside vs downside risk. Maybe the downside is rare and small in magnitude but question is whether the upside is worth revealing that opinion. But maybe it’s still a perceived than real fear

I don't think people position it as such, but if they did, and if they understood the upside of self expression and bravery, I don't think they would be this hysterical about the current situation.

Correct. Minimal upside, enormous potential downside, even though statistically unlikely. I think you're underestimating the likelihood of a tweet affecting someone's career because it's never happened to someone you know.

Minimal upside FOR YOU maybe. Tremendous upside for me and for everyone I talk to who is actually brave. I know people who have had their careers affected for being women, for being black, for being gay, for being poor etc. and for saying things management didn't agree with.

I know you have a funky background and you deal with a diverse set of people, so I don't want to accuse you of not knowing what that's like, but I don't think you are fully pricing in what a boon the internet has been for those people.

That's the tragedy of it all. I know people who have made it just because they are interesting, read a lot, and share great stuff on Twitter. I desperately don't want that to stop.https://twitter.com/AustenAllred/status/1049524498343518209 …

People leaving Twitter because they are afraid to share their opinions is a real concern. What I am saying is that doing so because of workplace "censorship" seems to me to be a convenient scapegoat. I think this is much more about the perceived loss of social status.