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Twitter is a major social media platform. It not only affects social media users, it also shapes our politics and our society, like it or not (I don't). The cu

Twitter is a major social media platform. It not only affects social media users, it also shapes our politics and our society, like it or not (I don't). The current shitshow may be tiresome to read about, and I'm just as sick of the new boss as anybody, but it's definitely important news, and it's definitely tech-related. Sorry you have to live in this timeline. I'm sorry any of us have to live here.

dpifke 4y ago
This site isn't for stories about social media or things that "shape our politics and our society," it's for stories that are interesting to hackers: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html There are other places to discuss the former. The initial stories about the Twitter acquisition arguably fell into the latter category, but the constant rumor-mongering, ad-hominem attacks, and ideological battles no longer do.
- 1attice 4y ago
  As a hacker my intellectual curiosity is mostly about things that shape our politics and society.
  - Bubble_Pop_22 4y ago
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- AnimalMuppet 4y ago
  OK, but at least some hackers are interested in the ways that tech companies shape our politics and our society. (Hacking society is about the biggest hack there is.)
- malermeister 4y ago
  Do you think hackers don't take an interest in tech that shapes our society? What is it you think we do, then?
  - Bubble_Pop_22 4y ago
    > What is it you think we do, then? Focus on the stuff we can control and ignore the noise? Isn’t that one of the hallmarks of supposedly high IQ people? Separating signal from noise? Whatever happens at Twitter you cannot change it, and now with it being private you can’t even bet on the outcome. So maybe it’s best to just ignore and let the actors do whatever they want to do..
    - giaour 4y ago
      > Focus on the stuff we can control and ignore the noise? Isn’t that one of the hallmarks of supposedly high IQ people? Isn’t the opposite usually held to be the case? The groups you would typically associate with impractical learning for its own sake (university professors, public intellectuals, novelists, etc) are seen as smart cookies
marginalia_nu 4y ago
Very little in this discussion is actually about what is happening. It's mostly people airing opinions about what is happening, or speculating about what might happen. In short, it's gossip.
- krapp 4y ago
  That's what happens in most threads, though.
goldenchrome 4y ago
Speak for yourself, plenty of us are excited and optimistic.
tomjen3 4y ago
But politics is not what this site is about. And nothing about Twitter is interesting from a curiousity standpoint.

dpifke 4y ago

This site isn't for stories about social media or things that "shape our politics and our society," it's for stories that are interesting to hackers: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html There are other places to discuss the former. The initial stories about the Twitter acquisition arguably fell into the latter category, but the constant rumor-mongering, ad-hominem attacks, and ideological battles no longer do.

1attice 4y ago
As a hacker my intellectual curiosity is mostly about things that shape our politics and society.
- Bubble_Pop_22 4y ago
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AnimalMuppet 4y ago
OK, but at least some hackers are interested in the ways that tech companies shape our politics and our society. (Hacking society is about the biggest hack there is.)
malermeister 4y ago
Do you think hackers don't take an interest in tech that shapes our society? What is it you think we do, then?
- Bubble_Pop_22 4y ago
  > What is it you think we do, then? Focus on the stuff we can control and ignore the noise? Isn’t that one of the hallmarks of supposedly high IQ people? Separating signal from noise? Whatever happens at Twitter you cannot change it, and now with it being private you can’t even bet on the outcome. So maybe it’s best to just ignore and let the actors do whatever they want to do..
  - giaour 4y ago
    > Focus on the stuff we can control and ignore the noise? Isn’t that one of the hallmarks of supposedly high IQ people? Isn’t the opposite usually held to be the case? The groups you would typically associate with impractical learning for its own sake (university professors, public intellectuals, novelists, etc) are seen as smart cookies

marginalia_nu 4y ago

Very little in this discussion is actually about what is happening. It's mostly people airing opinions about what is happening, or speculating about what might happen. In short, it's gossip.

krapp 4y ago
That's what happens in most threads, though.

goldenchrome 4y ago

Speak for yourself, plenty of us are excited and optimistic.

tomjen3 4y ago

But politics is not what this site is about. And nothing about Twitter is interesting from a curiousity standpoint.