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Twitter is a graveyard being propped up grudgingly by people who don't want to have fewer followers elsewhere, and enthusiastically by other people as way to vi

Twitter is a graveyard being propped up grudgingly by people who don't want to have fewer followers elsewhere, and enthusiastically by other people as way to virtue signal alliance with the ownership's political incorrectness. It has no true value to anyone. It was going downhill already before the new ownership and for completely apolitical reasons.

mumbisChungo 1y ago
Change a few words and this describes every social platform including this one. Your comment is evidence, and so is this one.
- tristan957 1y ago
  There are no followers on HN, unless I've totally missed something about the platform.
  - mulmen 1y ago
    The dopamine hook on HN is karma.
bee_rider 1y ago
It is weird that “political correctness” has been taken to mean, like, being polite and nice to people or something. A politically correct answer is one that keeps the currently politically powerful people happy, right? Musk/Trump defined politically correct for a couple months. I guess Musk might be politically incorrect now. Are they friends or enemies today?
- hollerith 1y ago
  "Politically correct" in the US context means essentially the same thing as "woke". In both cases, the word or phrase was adopted first by progressives, then by critics of progressives to refer to progressive beliefs and sensibilities. It is surprising to find someone that doesn't know that, but would be less surprising if you don't live in the US.
  - bee_rider 1y ago
    > It is weird that “political correctness” has been taken to mean, like, being polite and nice to people or something. > "Politically correct" in the US context means essentially the same thing as "woke" I think it is (hopefully?) obvious from my comment that I actually do understand what it means in the US context, I was describing the odd situation WRT the US meaning and the origin of the phrase https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness > The term political correctness first appeared in Marxist–Leninist vocabulary following the Russian Revolution of 1917. At that time, it was used to describe strict adherence to the policies and principles of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, that is, the party line. The politically correct opinions were the ones that agreed with those in power.
    - hollerith 1y ago
      I knew about the Soviet use, which is why I qualified with "in the US context". Every use I've ever heard from a US speaker -- almost certainly over 100 uses, going back to when Reagan was President or maybe a year or 2 after Reagan -- is a reference to progressive beliefs and sensibilities regardless of whether the progressives are in power or not. You are introducing your own definition of a phrase that everyone currently agrees on the meaning of. When this is done for no good reason, it is harmful because everyone relies on language to think together, so when the meaning of words get muddied unnecessarily, we get worse at thinking together. What, pray, is your reason?
      - dylan604 1y ago
        There was a lot of radio word play. They couldn't say "that sucks" so they said "that vacuums" instead type of nonsense. Now, they just say "that sucks". But back around the Bush Sr and Clinton period, there were changes to broadcast rules that led to talk radio becoming what it has which also led to Fox News and then everyone else following suit
        hollerith 1y ago

mumbisChungo 1y ago

Change a few words and this describes every social platform including this one. Your comment is evidence, and so is this one.

tristan957 1y ago
There are no followers on HN, unless I've totally missed something about the platform.
- mulmen 1y ago
  The dopamine hook on HN is karma.

bee_rider 1y ago

It is weird that “political correctness” has been taken to mean, like, being polite and nice to people or something. A politically correct answer is one that keeps the currently politically powerful people happy, right? Musk/Trump defined politically correct for a couple months. I guess Musk might be politically incorrect now. Are they friends or enemies today?

hollerith 1y ago
"Politically correct" in the US context means essentially the same thing as "woke". In both cases, the word or phrase was adopted first by progressives, then by critics of progressives to refer to progressive beliefs and sensibilities. It is surprising to find someone that doesn't know that, but would be less surprising if you don't live in the US.
- bee_rider 1y ago
  > It is weird that “political correctness” has been taken to mean, like, being polite and nice to people or something. > "Politically correct" in the US context means essentially the same thing as "woke" I think it is (hopefully?) obvious from my comment that I actually do understand what it means in the US context, I was describing the odd situation WRT the US meaning and the origin of the phrase https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness > The term political correctness first appeared in Marxist–Leninist vocabulary following the Russian Revolution of 1917. At that time, it was used to describe strict adherence to the policies and principles of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, that is, the party line. The politically correct opinions were the ones that agreed with those in power.
  - hollerith 1y ago
    I knew about the Soviet use, which is why I qualified with "in the US context". Every use I've ever heard from a US speaker -- almost certainly over 100 uses, going back to when Reagan was President or maybe a year or 2 after Reagan -- is a reference to progressive beliefs and sensibilities regardless of whether the progressives are in power or not. You are introducing your own definition of a phrase that everyone currently agrees on the meaning of. When this is done for no good reason, it is harmful because everyone relies on language to think together, so when the meaning of words get muddied unnecessarily, we get worse at thinking together. What, pray, is your reason?
    - dylan604 1y ago
      There was a lot of radio word play. They couldn't say "that sucks" so they said "that vacuums" instead type of nonsense. Now, they just say "that sucks". But back around the Bush Sr and Clinton period, there were changes to broadcast rules that led to talk radio becoming what it has which also led to Fox News and then everyone else following suit
      - hollerith 1y ago