Re:Twitter forces all new users to enter a valid phone number
by anigbrowl on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @03:00PM
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the "quote tweet" encourages the behavior of "dunking"
Quoting people to negate or mock their argument has been around since Usenet - well, much longer in literary terms but I'm citing Usenet as an example of a system that's almost real-time and where it can be a spontaneous emotionally driven decision. It may not be called 'dunking' on every platform but the phenomenon is universal.
Re:Twitter forces all new users to enter a valid phone number
by lmm on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @11:47AM
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> Quoting people to negate or mock their argument has been around since Usenet - well, much longer in literary terms but I'm citing Usenet as an example of a system that's almost real-time and where it can be a spontaneous emotionally driven decision. It may not be called 'dunking' on every platform but the phenomenon is universal.
It may have occurred occasionally on other platforms, but the difference in degree is enormous enough that it's a de facto difference in kind.
Speaking of design decisions, here's a bit [1] about how the "quote tweet" encourages the behavior of "dunking", a usage I have only ever heard in regards to Twitter. Basically, if anyone with a Twitter account says something you think is stupid, you quote tweet them and "dunk" on them about how stupid it is and they are. Then everybody piles in and retweets the "dunk", perhaps adding their own riposte. And the original poster is only a click away in the quote, so you can then go to their profile and find other things to dunk on, send mean DMs, etc.
[1] https://slate.com/technology/2017/12/dunking-is-delicious-an...