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I'm sure Debubble.me means well, but misses the mark with respect to why people use Twitter. It's entertainment first and foremost. I would be interested to hea
by GaryNumanVevo 6y ago
I'm sure Debubble.me means well, but misses the mark with respect to why people use Twitter. It's entertainment first and foremost. I would be interested to hear the creator's user research.
Framing every argument as a debate is disingenuous. A debate implies that both sides are of equal merit, debating only works between two people of similar values. I.E. if I'm debating a Nazi, it's hard to "debate" nearly anything in the sphere of politics because they do not believe all people are equal.
Third, what of debates that have largely been settled by consensus? Would a flat earther be able to enter into debates with me whenever I retweet a photo from NASA? Debating assumes that either side is going to play by a certain set of rules. How does this prevent a DDOS via Ad Hominem?
- anonytrary 6y agoI agree that Twitter's main user segment is interested primarily in entertainment. A very small subset of users are actually interested in taking things into idealand. The majority of social tweets are memes, jokes, trolls, and hot takes with a "don't @ me" mentality. The people who want to talk about ideas are probably in private groups, niche subreddits, and forums, but that number at any time is certainly less than the number of people who are looking for entertainment.
- sjwright 6y agoUnfortunately this is the dilemma of new construction: you have to entertain to survive, because nobody wants to talk in an empty room.