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> There is something that is driving us apart I must say I am too curious not to ask, this quite cryptic. What would you say is driving us apart?
by pgwhalen 6y ago
> There is something that is driving us apart
I must say I am too curious not to ask, this quite cryptic. What would you say is driving us apart?
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- jasonv 6y agoMy observation: dissection conversation. People write paragraphs, someone takes an issue with a word or a sentence, and writes a divergent post on just that word/sentence. Then that post gets the same treatment by another participant.. again and again, in multiplying ways. Take a submission 3 threads removed from the originating post and see what relation exists among the ideas. I lurk and observe this in online discourse with some bemusement. It’s not how to speak at work or with friends. There are convergent and divergent modes of discourse, to be sure, but look here at HN, or Twitter, and see how the dialogue cuts on words and sentences. It’s the divergent discourse without any of the convergent discourse.
- jml7c5 6y agoI was cryptic in part because it is not completely clear. It's difficult even to pin down when we started on this path. That said, one surprisingly important influence seems to be the rise of image posts + eternal scrolling. It's the ideal method for delivering a continuous stream of entertaining "the other side is bad" outrage content.