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In this case, dealing with The Enemy is not only funding them, but lending your credibility. Maybe it would be worth it if, as you say, they are finding ways t
by jfengel 7mo ago
In this case, dealing with The Enemy is not only funding them, but lending your credibility.
Maybe it would be worth it if, as you say, they are finding ways to reach non-supporters, but Twitter has been X for almost four years. If the EFF finds that they're not recruiting people from among their opponents, then they can reasonably say that they've spent enough time trying.
- rapatel0 7mo agoCredibility with who? We’re so polarized that a single binary label will shift all credibility. Experience, success, credentials none of it matters anymore. The left thinks everything on the right is stupid and evil, the right does the same, and everyone drinks their own kool aid. We’ve all stopped listening.
- array_key_first 7mo ago[flagged]
- dpkirchner 7mo agoIf we all spent more time listening the guy who called someone a pedophile because he suggested the guy's plan to save people was ridiculous, would that improve discourse? I am skeptical.
- p_j_w 7mo agoPerhaps EFF doesn’t want to find and legitimize the people pushing such divisivness.
- rapatel0 7mo agoThis is the fallacy. These organizations no longer have any ability to “legitimize” as trust is fundamentally eroded. Leaving will simply remove any engagement with the very people they want to influence- people that are unengaged and people that actively disagree
- jfengel 7mo agoI don't think Twitter is going to be the place where a revival of listening is going to start.