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That’s a human thing, not a twitter thing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negativity_bias https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negativity_bias

• karaterobot 5y ago
  Agreed. I find that Twitter (et al.) just amplify existing human biases and psychological effects like that. To totally misquote Steve Jobs, social media is like a bicycle for feeling bad.
  • dmos62 5y ago
    > To totally misquote Steve Jobs, social media is like a bicycle for feeling bad. I like that. What's the actual quote? Edit: it's probably this: > …the computer is the most remarkable tool that we’ve ever come up with. It’s the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds.
    • karaterobot 5y ago
      That's the one!