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>They have panic attacks over the guilt and stress They should get off of twitter

by throwaway6734 5y ago

jimbokun 5y ago
And there you have self censorship at work!
- emsy 5y ago
  It’s not self censorship, it’s mental hygiene.
  - ben_w 5y ago
    It can be both, depending on the why. Leaving Twitter has been great for me, but I didn’t leave it because someone was threatening me. I do know someone who left Twitter for that reason.
    - kbelder 5y ago
      Soon, nobody will be left on twitter but lunatics and journalists. But I repeat myself.
      - jjgreen 5y ago
        Soon?
- throwaway6734 5y ago
  Does avoiding 4chan also count as self censorship?
  - malwrar 5y ago
    Politicians, journalists, academics, every celebrity ever, etc aren’t on 4chan (or at least trying to have serious conversations there). This isn’t a good comparison.
    - throwaway6734 5y ago
      There are multiple other places to get news and academic information from.
      - malwrar 5y ago
        Twitter is the public square more than it a news source. The effects of loud voices there lead to global, real world change. Journalists talk to and police each other there. Celebrities influence millions of people there, enough to where people pay them to tweet certain things advantageous to them (“buy these cool Nike shoes!”). 4chan is an anonymous, interest-based forum that is more or less irrelevant to most non-internet people.
        throwaway6734 5y ago
        >Twitter is the public square more than it a news source ~20% of Americans use twitter. (https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/04/10/share-of-u-s-adults-using-social-media-including-facebook-is-mostly-unchanged-since-2018/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/04/10/share-of-u-...) There's definitely some influence there, but the twitter's importance and impact on the world is severely overhyped.
        panopticon 5y ago
        > There's definitely some influence there, but the twitter's importance and impact on the world is severely overhyped. I'm not sure I would make the same claim. Twitter is wildly popular among journalists, pundits, and other members of the media. Due to its outsized importance within these groups of people, I can easily see Twitter playing a large role in shaping media narratives.
    - Sophistifunk 5y ago
      Nobody has tried to have a serious conversation on Twitter in 5 years. It's nothing but performance of your team allegiance.
    - 5y ago

>They have panic attacks over the guilt and stress They should get off of twitter

jimbokun 5y ago

And there you have self censorship at work!

emsy 5y ago
It’s not self censorship, it’s mental hygiene.
- ben_w 5y ago
  It can be both, depending on the why. Leaving Twitter has been great for me, but I didn’t leave it because someone was threatening me. I do know someone who left Twitter for that reason.
  - kbelder 5y ago
    Soon, nobody will be left on twitter but lunatics and journalists. But I repeat myself.
    - jjgreen 5y ago
      Soon?
throwaway6734 5y ago
Does avoiding 4chan also count as self censorship?
- malwrar 5y ago
  Politicians, journalists, academics, every celebrity ever, etc aren’t on 4chan (or at least trying to have serious conversations there). This isn’t a good comparison.
  - throwaway6734 5y ago
    There are multiple other places to get news and academic information from.
    - malwrar 5y ago
      Twitter is the public square more than it a news source. The effects of loud voices there lead to global, real world change. Journalists talk to and police each other there. Celebrities influence millions of people there, enough to where people pay them to tweet certain things advantageous to them (“buy these cool Nike shoes!”). 4chan is an anonymous, interest-based forum that is more or less irrelevant to most non-internet people.
      - throwaway6734 5y ago
        >Twitter is the public square more than it a news source ~20% of Americans use twitter. (https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/04/10/share-of-u-s-adults-using-social-media-including-facebook-is-mostly-unchanged-since-2018/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/04/10/share-of-u-...) There's definitely some influence there, but the twitter's importance and impact on the world is severely overhyped.
        panopticon 5y ago
        > There's definitely some influence there, but the twitter's importance and impact on the world is severely overhyped. I'm not sure I would make the same claim. Twitter is wildly popular among journalists, pundits, and other members of the media. Due to its outsized importance within these groups of people, I can easily see Twitter playing a large role in shaping media narratives.
  - Sophistifunk 5y ago
    Nobody has tried to have a serious conversation on Twitter in 5 years. It's nothing but performance of your team allegiance.
  - 5y ago