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> This is a big reason for the polarization on both sides - Twitter encourages so many declarations and steps one after the other in such rapid succession that
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 7y ago
> This is a big reason for the polarization on both sides - Twitter encourages so many declarations and steps one after the other in such rapid succession that we are sprinting away like never before.
I am becoming more convinced that Twitter is a net negative for humanity and for liberal democracy.
If you tried to come up with something g to tear apart a society, it would be hard to do worse than Twitter.
- pacerwpg 7y agoThe platform doesn't do anything to promote actual engagement in conversation and instead actually provides tools that serve to only promote an echo chamber. Any user that is seeking to promote one point of view can endlessly churn out tweets from their perspective. If anybody challenges them in any way, asks them to provide backing or evidence of some type, or provides any details disproving their claims all the user has to do is block that user and continue posting. The blocked user no longer has access to even view those tweets and anything challenging the preferred narrative is not even allowed into the conversation. There is no limit to blocking people. You don't need justification to block somebody. I understand it's necessary to be able to block harassment but the way it's implemented goes well beyond that goal.