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Maybe stop referencing twitter like it's important or relevant?

I rejoined twitter a few months ago, and quit again: it was inciting negative emotions and it felt addictive. The UI made me feel like I was having a mild stroke. It was disorienting.

Having bailed on it again, my take is: generally the loudest and most attention-seeking people are the ones on there making the most noise and seeking attention most thirstily.

Twitter is part of the problem, IMO.



You will surely find a larger percentage of narcissists being very vocal on twitter (but also on other platforms like instagram or facebook and even youtube). Amongst them there are a lot of genuine regular (as in non-narcissists attention seekers) people who use those communication channels.

Until the incentives of social media change these tendencies keep up or get even worse.


It’s not about the tweet, but a collection of writeups in media. I was hoping that the so-called elites have some common sense.


> a collection of writeups in media

...listed in a tweet.

I block twitter though /etc/hosts so I can't click through to see what you're talking about.

My point is, get off Twitter entirely.

> I was hoping that the so-called elites have some common sense.

I still can't figure out whether the world is run by evil sociopaths or well-meaning idiots, nor which possibility is scarier.




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