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My resistance to tweeting is a) even 280 characters isn't even for almost any useful content, b) hate mobs. Put simply: if you wanted the most intelligent view
by yodelshady 5y ago
My resistance to tweeting is a) even 280 characters isn't even for almost any useful content, b) hate mobs.
Put simply: if you wanted the most intelligent view that opposed yours on a subject, would you ever use Twitter?
I humbly suggest social media could work better, based on a variant of reddit's "place" pixel art stunt:
1) you post freely and anonymously, but others can hide your post freely and anonymously as well.
2) if you want to restore your post, just click a button to do so. No one individual could hide a post twice.
3) if it's hidden again, you'll have to retype it. My bet is - most low-effort trolling won't go this far, but those who strongly believe in a controversial opinion will.
4) maybe escalate further with time delays, CAPTCHAs, etc - but ultimately, if you're definitely human and you really care, the post's visibility should become immutable.
- latexr 5y ago> most low-effort trolling won't go this far Quite the contrary, my bet is trolls would have a field day with your proposed system. Why make inflammatory post when you can instead annoy people by hiding their posts and making them retype everything? It doesn’t matter how “strongly [you] believe in a controversial opinion”, having to keep fighting to keep your post up would tire anyone. My prediction is the outcome of such a system would be the opposite of what you envision: only the most boring inconsequential opinions would stay up.