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For me Twitter does two things. 1. The aspect I enjoy the most is finding useful information about areas of interest from the experts. 2. The aspect that gets
by satya71 4y ago
For me Twitter does two things.
1. The aspect I enjoy the most is finding useful information about areas of interest from the experts.
2. The aspect that gets my attention the most is the rage-inducing posts from random people.
I think Mastodon does 1 well, and doesn't do 2 much. I don't want 2. So it's almost a perfect platform once enough of the experts have a presence there.
- stop50 4y agoMe too
- nomilk 4y agoCan you train yourself to ignore the rage-inducing posts? My eyes scan over them just like with banner ads, and almost entirely subconsciously.
- synu 4y agoEven if you unfollow everyone who occasionally shares outrage posts, there are still a lot of interesting people to follow. That seems to work for me.
- nomilk 4y agoI see the outrage posts as a kind of meta-study on human nature. Like, "oh, that's what attracts people's attention these days, noted, next.." type thing.
- synu 4y agoI think you’re right, little dopamine hits from attention or feeling self righteous. But I doesn’t seem to work on everyone, and that’s the part of tech Twitter I follow.