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As Jack Dorsey said [1] in an interview a while ago: "I also don’t feel good about how Twitter tends to incentivize outrage, fast takes, short term thinking, e
by ckastner 6y ago
As Jack Dorsey said [1] in an interview a while ago:
"I also don’t feel good about how Twitter tends to incentivize outrage, fast takes, short term thinking, echo chambers, and fragmented conversation and consideration."
I see Twitter as an almost pure outrage machine. I generally avoid it but when I do visit it and the Tweet I'm reading is about a topic that has two or more sides, most of the replies shown in response are the just the most vicious and aggressive attacks by the other side. Just punch lines or insults.
[1] https://twitter.com/jack/status/1095457906848231424 https://twitter.com/jack/status/1095457906848231424
- randomsearch 6y agoRecently I started muting people on Twitter according to a few rules: anything where they were telling people how to behave (“i don’t know who needs to hear this but it’s not ok to do X”); anything very sanctimonious; anything attacking a person rather than debating their views; anything discriminating against someone based on their skin, their background, etc. The end result, after many weeks of muting, was fascinating: firstly, twitter became much more considered and informative. And secondly, it became far, far, less engaging! I’d read something and think “huh, that’s useful” or “seems reasonable” and with a yawn close the app. Enragement is engagement. Twitter (the business) has failed to figure out what problem it solves, what its really _for_, and that vacuum of leadership has been filled by the emergent consequences of its algorithms.