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My comment isn't about your personal experience on Twitter, rather the role it plays at a macro level. It is a platform that is politically impactful, and not i
by fleddr 5y ago
My comment isn't about your personal experience on Twitter, rather the role it plays at a macro level. It is a platform that is politically impactful, and not in a good way. It rewards division, extremism, polarization, it brings out the worst in us.
That's on Twitter. They actively designed the product to do so.
- gonehome 5y agoYour comment was more than about the macro level. > "You can't express yourself on Twitter due to the character limit, so all you can do is witty superficial takes. Threading and replies are a disaster making a structured discussion impossible. These two things alone make the platform useless for most speech purposes." My reply was pushing back against this - it's too strongly positioned. I don't disagree with the issues that exist at the macro level, but people can and do express themselves in ways that make the service useful and valuable.