Re:Quitting Twitter
by smithmayowa on Thursday February 25, 2021 @03:51PM
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Paul Graham tweets agressively, but I doubt you will block him though, not everyone who tweets agressively is toxic.
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and you just perfectly highlighted the toxicity of twitter in that sentence. Just because someone is popular doesn't mean everyone should like/listen to them if they do not find the person's content aligns with them.
Re:Quitting Twitter
by thereare5lights on Thursday February 25, 2021 @04:02PM
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I did. I wouldn't unblock.
> not everyone who tweets agressively is toxic.
This doesn't matter.
It's about controlling what kind of energy you let into your life.
Negative energy needs to go.
Re:Quitting Twitter
by HenryBemis on Thursday February 25, 2021 @04:23PM
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Time and attention. In my mind/book it's where you give your time and attention. I really enjoy a couple of radio shows, where I need to download the mp3 from their websites (they host/share a coupld of hours after their shows), and SecurityNow podcast.
The good thing about it, is that I only listen when I want to listen, and IF I want to listen.
Social media, slow and steady, absorb you into giving, increasingly, more time to them. Either by creating an echo chamber, or creating passions, promoting things you love/hate. Anything to get you hooked more.
Majority of the people do not filter/reduce the alerts on their phones. Good luck working on a project when you get 10 beeps per hour from Twitter, CNN, BBC, FB, IG, YT.
Time and Attention.
Re:Quitting Twitter
by layoutIfNeeded on Thursday February 25, 2021 @05:29PM
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Paul who?