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Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by salehenrahman »

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.

Same, but I go a step beyond.

Any tweet I see that I don't like (usually someone using a tone that gives me a terrible vibe from them), I block the author of the tweet.

Now almost all tweets that I see have a positive vibe.

Edit: I also adhere to an old adage that goes "follow slowly; block fast".

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by jMyles »

spion wrote: post #352

Twitter and other social media are probably the biggest problem of our time. By providing simple rules of information flow: small amount of content, retweet, followers) and rewards (likes), they've created the most efficient engines for finding and spreading novelty at the expense of everything else. There are no incentives to improve accuracy, increase thoughtfulness, paint nuance. Fact checking gets lost in the win…

If feed-generating algorithms were dispassionate - amplifying liked content rather than massaging feeds for advertising and other behavior manipulation - then your assessment of the results as "brain viruses" might be more accurate. And the world might actually benefit from them.

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by cm2012 »

setgree wrote: post #189
bluefirebrand wrote: post #132

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Careful, you're dangerously close to realizing that Executives at companies provide vanishingly little day to day value to companies. I'd bet in most companies the CEO is basically just a buffer between the board and the rest of the company, and essentially a fall guy position so the board can avoid accountability.

> I'd bet in most companies the CEO is basically just a buffer between the board and the rest of the company Are you thinking of companies in general, or of reasonably prominent/stable publicly traded companies? The CEOs at the startups I've worked at did a heck of a lot more than that -- fundraising, strategy, resolving personnel issues, talking to clients, etc.; I'm thinking of a small company (10-20 employees) and…

Yeah one of the big reasons it hard to sell small companies is that most companies fall apart when the CEO leaves.

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by eequah9L »

geebee wrote: post #341
danschumann wrote: post #219

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

I've never written a tweet. I avoid comments too much. I do use it to follow reading lists from a few journalists, writers, academics, and artists. There are much better ways, but twitter is what everyone uses. Comments are often terrible. You know the kind of comment where you have absolutely no idea what is being discussed or why, only that it has made someone very angry? Twitter is the land of such comments, devoi…

If they put their objections in words, they run the risk of entering an actual discussion, which would force them to defend their view. Much easier to just post a meme or an emoticon as a sort of a dog-whistle. Can't argue with a double-facepalm!

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by alistaira »

jon_richards wrote: post #266
ryzvonusef wrote: post #58

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YES! You don't leak it to a reporter like it's the latest variant of the iPhone. There should have an announcement from the board, a LONG time before markets were to start (ideally end of markets on friday) clearly explaining WHAT is happening and WHY (even if it's a bullshit reason, there should be a reason). It would have allowed markets to absorb the news instead of the NYSE having to halt trading amid the uncerta…

Serious question: What does making an announcement while the market is closed actually do? Are you not just throwing money to the people willing to trade after hours?

My unqualified guess is that it makes time to ensure the full story and context to be digested by traders. If the story is emerging during trading, there is risk of more volatility / unpredictability as the fastest information may not be the most complete.

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by tills13 »

ARandomerDude wrote: post #297
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.

Yeah! The only people who should feel emboldened are the ones who have the courage to agree with me!

I was giving an example, I'm not sure what your point is here other than to just mock a point I didn't make.

Re: I resigned from Twitter

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Post by BurningFrog »

Tijdreiziger wrote: post #306
jcadam wrote: post #276

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I don't think it can be fixed. Social media in general is a cancer.

HN is a social medium.

The more I think about this, the less I agree.

To be a social medium/network, I think you need to follow/"friend" specific people. That's what makes it social.

I'd say HN is a "forum".

I realize these are my personal definitions, and there are no correct answers.

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