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I think part of it is the decay of discourse. People don't know how to discuss ideas in good faith. They just know how to troll, yell, make unfounded wild accus
by api 6y ago
I think part of it is the decay of discourse. People don't know how to discuss ideas in good faith. They just know how to troll, yell, make unfounded wild accusations, and meme. Basically we have a junior high level of public discourse.
People aren't open to hearing reasoned arguments either. A reasoned argument doesn't deliver the dopamine hit of a rant or a catchy meme.
In that environment the only thing possible is to deplatform. I mean what else is there to do? Nothing is being accomplished anyway.
Maybe we should just turn off social media. Deplatform it all.
- lmm 6y agoIt's not "social media". It's Twitter, specifically, because of the design decisions of that platform (obvious things like the message length limit, and slightly more subtle things like the way that replies from other people are hidden, encouraging you to pile in).
- dependenttypes 6y agoWhile it is certainly worse on Twitter I would argue that the other social media sites are not that much better. See reddit or facebook for example.
- pjc50 6y ago.. at the highest level of government. People want a president who trolls the opposition.