Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by edgyquant on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @03:52PM
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We do agree though that almost all political discussions are flame wars, we just think the other guy is the problem. I think just adding cool down periods when two people are rapidly responding would go a long way, as well as giving users a timeout from one another if this happens often.
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Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources
by thr0wawayf00 on Thursday April 28, 2022 @01:32PM
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My personal opinion is that not being able to see the other person's face when you're communicating with them is a big part of the problem. Perhaps a cooldown period would help and I'm all for trying to find ways to improve discourse online, but at the same time, the psychology of being able to say whatever hateful thing you want because the other person is hundreds if not thousands of miles away drives a lot of this behavior. This is true of forums, gaming chats, etc.