You’re the meta version of it.
I swear to god, most people have like 16 things they like to say, and Twitter can largely be explained as a massive network of responses generated when a “I have a thing I say about this!” bell rings at the sight of some vaguely relevant content
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She didn't mention economic policy or the global poor, go back to your niche
End of conversation
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Yes! It’d be cool to crowdsource those personal memes and build an explorable graph based on them. I can think of a few people on my feed who stand out for their recurring tweet themes.
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sure, but I think connecting people who have things to say that are relevant to each other is a good development, and I think there are interesting emergent effects of doing so
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in fact I think the entire history of communications technology is a story about making it easier for people who have things to say to connect with the right audience
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As we imagine better ways to connect, let’s take your observation into account, and create avenues to help people innocuously dispel their 16 thoughts, or perhaps expand their horizons?
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That seems cynical.
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If it was more reliable there would be interesting signals in when you might predict a person would surface one of their things but doesn’t.
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I only have one
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