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Block nasty people. Blocking other people prevents you from exposure to other ideas than your own. The only person that loses is you. Probably feels good and c
by systemvoltage 5y ago
Block nasty people. Blocking other people prevents you from exposure to other ideas than your own. The only person that loses is you.
Probably feels good and comfy in nicely resonant echo chamber though.
I block nasty people regardless of which echo chamber they belong to.
- akerl_ 5y agoI’m happy to engage in discussion with people whose opinions differ from my own. I’m also happy to carve out portions of my time and interaction where I’m not doing that. It’s totally possible and healthy to not always invite the full firehose of possible human discourse into my brain. And there’s always the part where Twitter is actively a horrible place for any kind of constructive conversation due to the character limit and the overwhelming desire of most participants to generate the most clicks/outrage possible.
- systemvoltage 5y agoYeah I mean it is natural to hang with your gang. We do that in real life, outside of the internet. But, the premise of this post is to nuke a tweet which is rather a good name for it. It would end up creating a worse exposure for the person blocking. They'll be left with the most perfect resonant chamber - this is how conspiracy theories and lies spread. Mentally conditioned to ignore facts and diverging opinions. Sure, go ahead and form a band with people you love to hang out with. Play music, enjoy life.