Message from @velvitonator

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2018-10-15 03:14:18 UTC  

I think I see what you're saying

2018-10-15 03:14:31 UTC  

Dont get me wrong, im not arguing we should put a blockade up

2018-10-15 03:14:35 UTC  

I'm less sure that's itself the problem, though

2018-10-15 03:14:45 UTC  

But i think this whole thing is gonna need some time untill people learn to deal with it

2018-10-15 03:14:48 UTC  

It's kind of the same issue with the video game debate.

2018-10-15 03:15:05 UTC  

As in, kids and games.

2018-10-15 03:15:16 UTC  

I think it's fine that people can post whatever and have the whole world see/comment

2018-10-15 03:15:20 UTC  

what do you think is the problem then

2018-10-15 03:15:25 UTC  

People not educating themselves.

2018-10-15 03:15:57 UTC  

I think the bad thing is more that the incentive is to amplify the most divisive stuff (because it drives engagement)

2018-10-15 03:15:58 UTC  

Well but thats nothing new, everyone already had that problem before, they just couldnt share it with the rest of the world nor was it taken so seriously

2018-10-15 03:16:03 UTC  

From the platform's POV

2018-10-15 03:16:12 UTC  

hm

2018-10-15 03:16:20 UTC  

That's what drives the validation and the social pressure and stuff

2018-10-15 03:16:30 UTC  

but arent they on a censoring spree right now

2018-10-15 03:16:40 UTC  

OH, a verified person says it, that means it's respectable, and everything they say is respectable, etc etc

2018-10-15 03:16:42 UTC  

against exactly that

2018-10-15 03:16:42 UTC  

Shadowbanning you mean?

2018-10-15 03:16:52 UTC  

No just flat out banning

2018-10-15 03:17:13 UTC  

Well, both.

2018-10-15 03:17:36 UTC  

I think at this point they've just drank their own Kool-Aid

2018-10-15 03:17:47 UTC  

I general i just think people need to take a breath and ask themselves if this is really worth their time.
Maybe its that, people just having way too much free time and way too few real problems to deal with

2018-10-15 03:18:05 UTC  

I don't disagree

2018-10-15 03:18:09 UTC  

and for the verified thing, idk i dont use twitter. is that actually what happens?

2018-10-15 03:18:42 UTC  

TBH I'm hypothesizing--I'm saying that's how people start to react to it

2018-10-15 03:18:57 UTC  

Hence why there was all that controversy over whether it's endorsement on Twitter's part or not

2018-10-15 03:19:05 UTC  

Well then we come back to the education thing

2018-10-15 03:19:13 UTC  

then its indeed education

2018-10-15 03:19:15 UTC  

When they took away Yiannopolous's verified tag, it became an endorsement

2018-10-15 03:19:23 UTC  

getting taught what to think instead of how to think

2018-10-15 03:19:42 UTC  

Remember when verified meant that's who you are?

2018-10-15 03:19:48 UTC  

im glad i didnt go to any of these schools, id be expelled all the time

2018-10-15 03:19:48 UTC  

@Catallaxis Yeah, they eventually decided that's what it was

2018-10-15 03:20:28 UTC  

I remember a day before social networks, where people posted stupid opinions on forums and boards and mailing lists

2018-10-15 03:20:32 UTC  

oh yeah i remember that with milo

2018-10-15 03:20:45 UTC  

yes

2018-10-15 03:20:54 UTC  

Yet nobody's lives were ruined

2018-10-15 03:20:54 UTC  

MSN chat 😄

2018-10-15 03:21:28 UTC  

thats because it wasnt taken ridiculously serious as it is today

2018-10-15 03:21:46 UTC  

"you tweeted X in 2010, how do you explain your abhorrent behavior?"

2018-10-15 03:21:51 UTC  

Remember when "Someone's WRONG on the internet" was a meme?