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I would love to use an app where tiresome, needlessly-outraged perspectives are less prevalent. > A large portion of science is inherently political Political
by seryoiupfurds 3y ago
I would love to use an app where tiresome, needlessly-outraged perspectives are less prevalent.
> A large portion of science is inherently political
Political: "science which shows that oligarchs are burning the planet"
Non-Political: "science which shows that humanity is releasing XXX tonnes of CO2 per year, which has increased atmospheric CO2 by YYY PPM, which has raised global average temeperatures by ZZZ degrees and is predicted to have effects A, B, and C by the year 2100."
Sure some people will choose to have outraged political responses to the latter, but that can be discouraged just as well as "oligarchs are burning the planet".
> the fact is that the moment one of those creatives "gets political" (as determined by Threads, however they want, with no human appeal), their content will become effectively invisible
This is good for long-term engagement. If someone posts a lot of great content interspersed with occasional outraged political diatribes, then silently downranking the latter will keep their subscribers engaged who only wanted to see the former.