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And assertive. No ifs, buts or maybes
by majani 5y ago
And assertive. No ifs, buts or maybes
- abnercoimbre 5y agoSlight tangent: I wish there were legitimate threats to kill social media as it stands today. Any threat to the current business model, from anywhere.
- jasfi 5y agoA lot of what goes on with social media is a reflection of society, in my opinion. Can a new approach fix that? The only thing I can think of is targeting different users by various segments (which isn't new). E.g. HN is mostly for people that like tech and the startup scene.
- synecdoche 5y agoSocial media is part of society, and not a small part either, in my opinion. It’s ubiquitous and cross feeding.
- lupire 5y agoEU is piling on threats to tracking for ads, data sharing, multinationalism.
- csee 5y agoThat's tied in with the need to be succinct. Expressing uncertainty often adds verbosity and cognitive load onto the reader. Often it also adds redundancy, given that uncertainty should be taken for granted in certain contexts. Note that in these last two sentences, the word "often" added verbosity, which is an example of what I am talking about. If someone is just expressing their opinion, I don't like to read a bunch of hedging. I get that you are uncertain and this is just your opinion, stop telling me that over and over and over. I wish there was a new shorthand/syntax/convention/notation for expressing uncertainty. All statements are delivered succinctly, with some notation for saying I am only 70% certain, perhaps by putting 0.7 as small superscript text.
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