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that's literally the very mechanism that weakens public discourse because it turns discourse into a 280 word soundbite popularity contest. Productive and democ
by Barrin92 4y ago
that's literally the very mechanism that weakens public discourse because it turns discourse into a 280 word soundbite popularity contest.
Productive and democratic discourse consists of people assembling a community of their peers eye-to-eye to solve local issues, not billionaires and dictators addressing a mob like Mussolini on the Palazzo Venezia with a megaphone.
- wussboy 4y agoAny idea of significance has subtlety and complexity, both of which are anathema to Twitter. Rage, on the other hand, can be perfectly encapsulated in a few characters.