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I've never written a tweet. I avoid comments too much. I do use it to follow reading lists from a few journalists, writers, academics, and artists. There are mu
by geebee 5y ago
I've never written a tweet. I avoid comments too much. I do use it to follow reading lists from a few journalists, writers, academics, and artists. There are much better ways, but twitter is what everyone uses.
Comments are often terrible. You know the kind of comment where you have absolutely no idea what is being discussed or why, only that it has made someone very angry? Twitter is the land of such comments, devoid of anything other than hostility or snark (for a mile example, a gif of "double face palm, when one face palm isn't enough" kind of thing - you really have no idea that the person is responding to or what their thought are).
- eequah9L 5y agoIf they put their objections in words, they run the risk of entering an actual discussion, which would force them to defend their view. Much easier to just post a meme or an emoticon as a sort of a dog-whistle. Can't argue with a double-facepalm!
- spiderice 5y agoIt's hilarious to me that people actually put up with a social network like this. Everyone in this thread is talking about how all you need to do is unfollow half of people you see tweets from, never read comments, put in a ton of work to get your feed exactly how you want it, etc.. and only then does Twitter become bearable. Yet people still defend it, even after admitting to all that. It's like getting a 5 course meal of poison food, and defending the meal because the dessert was delicious, and "all you have to do" is not eat the rest of the meal.