Everything can become a culture war on Twitter. I follow a somewhat abstract modernist composer’s Twitter, which so far has been entirely about music and performance dates, and now it is up in flames because someone has decided to drag this artist into MeToo movement polemics.
It has also been pointed out that a lot of discussion forums for the arts and literature are pretty quiet these days compared to years past, and activity is only boosted when someone posts something politically provocative. We live in an unhealthy society where people are looking for a fight, and that desire might outweigh their interest in talking about anything besides politics.
Then unfollow the guy. Seriously, it's that simple. You have the power to curate your own experience, that's my point.
> It has also been pointed out that a lot of discussion forums for the arts and literature are pretty quiet these days compared to years past, and activity is only boosted when someone posts something politically provocative.
Unfollow
I can't tell you how to cure your favorite subcultures of their bullshit, I'm telling you how to have a pleasant experience on Twitter. If that means your Twitter timeline becomes emptied, you'll have to find new people to follow.
> We live in an unhealthy society where people are looking for a fight, and that desire might outweigh their interest in talking about anything besides politics.
No, that's actually just what your slice of "society" is like. Mine isn't like that, because I curate it not to be like that.
It might be the hint that maybe sometimes people are at least somewhat responsible for their problems.
If you don't want the "like" button on Twitter, you're not allowed to press the "downvote" button on HN.
"You're holding it wrong."
I use the "like" button for bookmarking interesting things. It would be unfortunate if I had to lose that because people on the "other side" of Twitter can't handle that responsibility.