> Pretending that reality is something else is rarely helpful It's not that I'm pretending that's not what reality is. I understand exactly what that reality i

> Pretending that reality is something else is rarely helpful It's not that I'm pretending that's not what reality is. I understand exactly what that reality is, and I don't like that reality, which is why I pointed out a way to think about reality in a different way, with the idea that if we each individually do it, then we change as a whole. > Make up your own platform with your own user guidelines You suggest just giving up and starting over. Why? Why can't we expect better of people? Are we so doomed to just be dicks to each other online? > If you use twitter as it exists today, you better have a thick skin You're right, but it doesn't have to be this way. Maybe I'm naive, but change starts 1 individual at a time. You can't go on Twitter and say "ok guys we're gonna be nice now", but I can convince one person, and it's a cascading effect. Who knows, maybe it's just human nature and the only way we will be nice to each other is if we are forced to at gunpoint. I prefer to be a bit naive over being a pessimist.