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Considering giving twitter a try again. How easy is it to stear clear of all the politics side of things? I tried a few years ago, but killed my account when
by djaque 6y ago
Considering giving twitter a try again. How easy is it to stear clear of all the politics side of things?
I tried a few years ago, but killed my account when I realized that having all of the posts literally designed for maximum outrage show up in my feed was causing stress that I just didn't need in my life.
- whinvik 6y agoYes, it can be difficult. I now think a lot before following someone so my feed is pretty politics free, so it is possible.
- btrettel 6y agoAnother source of outrage on Twitter is the snark. There's one statistician on Twitter that I check periodically. They often post links to interesting papers. Unfortunately they often post snarky remarks as well. Recently they called Nate Silver naive in a fairly condescendingly way. There was no explanation about why the Nate Silver tweet they were responding to was naive, just an assertion and condescension. The level of casual disrespect among Twitter users is awful. https://twitter.com/cubic_logic/status/1293916568615673858 https://twitter.com/cubic_logic/status/1293916568615673858