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Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by skytreader »

phreack wrote: post #169
Cthulhu_ wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> it never felt like it was being done for the benefit of the users of each platform. Cynically, I'm yet to see any crypto that benefits anyone but the people that invented it (they benefit the most) and the savvy traders trying to make a buck (and sometimes succeeding at the expense of others).

It's a lifesaver in countries with rampant inflation where they forbid you to buy currencies from other countries. Literally in some cases.

So, it's easy to find a list of the countries with the highest inflation rates, but which of those countries actually forbid individuals from acquiring foreign currency? I assume you have a verifiable example?

Not to mention, for an everyman living in one of these countries, how feasible is it to actually participate in crypto to the point where it is useful in day-to-day living? How much upfront investment will it cost? How much ongoing investment? Will the local merchants accept crypto? Will they do so any time soon?

(I'm honestly not fond of crypto but I also honestly have no idea about these questions, which seem practical to know before buying into an "advantage" of crypto.)

Venezuela aside, naturally. Because the way this statement comes across to me is is that crypto is a viable alternative even without government oversight and/or precisely because of its lack of central authority. Venezuela's crypto has support all the way from the top.

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by tshaddox »

tills13 wrote: post #235
dnautics wrote: post #230

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I used to feel that way, but I aggressively moderated who I follow in a purge, and being selective about who I add as follows. It feels like it's easier to marie-kondo people I don't care for anymore in twitter since there's little-to-no-expectation that I know anyone on twitter, and for me, anyways, twitter is a much more pleasant experience than any other social network has been.

The only issue with this is you create your own echo chamber. imo it's why conservatives feel so emboldened, recently -- they have surrounded themselves with people who agree with them making their "movement" seem larger than it actually is.

> they have surrounded themselves with people who agree with them making their "movement" seem larger than it actually is.

At least in the U.S., I think that’s more attributable to their enormously disproportionate political power.

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by mikepurvis »

Good for Bret Taylor— he's had quite a career over the years, with being an architect of Google Maps, then founding FriendFeed, being acquired into Facebook and ending up in senior leadership at Salesforce and Twitter.

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by fundad »

fl0wenol wrote: post #199
fundad wrote: post #121

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There was more drama than we know. This was brewing for a while. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/twitter-paul-singer-republi...

This makes me uncomfortable. Not the idea of it per se, but the narrative the GOP's anti-cancel-culture bloc builds around it. Echoes of Thiel's involvement with Bollea vs. Gawker.

Yeah we better get used to disappointment. I think the best hope we have is that Twitter becomes the next Facebook and people we read go somewhere else. It's very dangerous but this is a dangerous time in a dangerous place.

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Post by aniforprez »

dnautics wrote: post #230
danschumann wrote: post #219

Twitter made me feel: some combination of violated, indignant, numb, inferior, empty, powerless, disappointed, embarassed, furious, annoyed, and infuriated.

I used to feel that way, but I aggressively moderated who I follow in a purge, and being selective about who I add as follows. It feels like it's easier to marie-kondo people I don't care for anymore in twitter since there's little-to-no-expectation that I know anyone on twitter, and for me, anyways, twitter is a much more pleasant experience than any other social network has been.

I agree. Every so often, I just glance at my feed and see if I can KonMari out some people. At this point I follow some decent tech feeds, a lot of art and game dev feeds and some very pleasant and funny people. I find it pretty fun to scroll through the feeds about once a day

It's a huge contrast from reddit where you can follow subreddits but most of the stuff you see is surfaced up and there's a hive mind at work. I won't even bother with FB since I deleted my account months ago

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Post by colechristensen »

systemvoltage wrote: post #238
danschumann wrote: post #219

Twitter made me feel: some combination of violated, indignant, numb, inferior, empty, powerless, disappointed, embarassed, furious, annoyed, and infuriated.

Twitter and largely social media encourages echo chambers. I try to be a contrarian on HN but in some threads, especially around social justice and political threads, it definitely has a tendency to become one. When 10 people are agreeing vicariously and there is a sense that any dissent is crushed, time to be the person playing devil’s advocate and challenge them. This can happen in a small context and it usually is…

HN seems to be the least echo-chamber groupthink general population around excluding a few topics where one position is particularly popular. I think this is mostly because of the high quality moderation of dang and associated cultural norms here.

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by danschumann »

packetlost wrote: post #242
tills13 wrote: post #235

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The only issue with this is you create your own echo chamber. imo it's why conservatives feel so emboldened, recently -- they have surrounded themselves with people who agree with them making their "movement" seem larger than it actually is.

That goes both ways. The hyper progressive echo chambers are just as problematic. Echo champers are problematic in general, it doesn't matter the political leanings.

Because echo chamber is distant from the rest of people. Distant-> withdrawn or numb ( both anger emotions )

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Post by bcrosby95 »

tills13 wrote: post #235
dnautics wrote: post #230

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used to feel that way, but I aggressively moderated who I follow in a purge, and being selective about who I add as follows. It feels like it's easier to marie-kondo people I don't care for anymore in twitter since there's little-to-no-expectation that I know anyone on twitter, and for me, anyways, twitter is a much more pleasant experience than any other social network has been.

The only issue with this is you create your own echo chamber. imo it's why conservatives feel so emboldened, recently -- they have surrounded themselves with people who agree with them making their "movement" seem larger than it actually is.

I don't use Twitter for politics. It's a cesspool where the biggest assholes win.

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by ChuckMcM »

It will be interesting to see how Twitter changes as a result. Twitter with selective following and setting your timeline to 'time order' creates a pretty good environment for me. It feels like the equivalent of living in only a few chosen 'subreddits' rather than getting the full frontal reddit experience.

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by mathattack »

soneca wrote: post #231
mathattack wrote: post #11

The stock popped 10%. Is this a vote of confidence against him or for whoever has been waiting in the wings? There has been enough agitation against him by the activists that this can’t be a surprise.

The stock is down for the day at the moment. I wonder if all comments rationalizing the (very) brief 10% up will rethink their arguments.

Interesting - it could be that the reality is harder than the headline.
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