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I agree fully. The problem is that Twitter is designed with revenue in mind. Revenue requires the user use the product, ideally as much as possible, and the be
by paulusthe 4y ago
I agree fully.
The problem is that Twitter is designed with revenue in mind. Revenue requires the user use the product, ideally as much as possible, and the best way to do that is turn Twitter into a perpetual outrage machine where the loudest, most ridiculous voices get the attention because they inspire the most reaction.
This is why Michael Tracey is so popular there. Nobody actually likes him; he exists to cause outrage and gets promoted by the Twitter algo precisely because of that. Outrage is attention, and attention is what Twitter wants, for revenue.
- paulusthe 4y agoThe solution to this is to end the whole thing, because the profit motivation and the public square function are incompatible. A middle ground is extensive moderation, but that of course becomes political (and rightly so) which undermines the intent of moderation. Twitter is a cesspool and will always be so