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Re:It's weird that people get mocked for changing their minds by spondylosaurus on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @10:25AM (#36493284)
> ...when people reduce some random thesis to a level of brevity beyond the minimum to actually express it coherently...

This has often struck me as one of the worst things about Twitter (i.e., that everyone tries to have conversations about serious stuff on a platform that's not conducive to long/detailed/nuanced posts), but it looks like PG's paying for Twitter's little paid subscription service, which, iirc, does let you write lontform tweets to your heart's content. So that's a little ironic, maybe.

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Re:It's weird that people get mocked for changing their minds by delecti on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @12:13PM (#36494868)
Minor nit: many high profile accounts (supposedly all accounts with more than 1m followers) have had Twitter Blue imposed on them. It's impossible to say whether he paid, or whether it was given to him because of his fame.

Though either way, he would have access to the features of it, so your main point stands.

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Re:It's weird that people get mocked for changing their minds by spondylosaurus on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @12:33PM (#36495181)
That's true, I forgot Muskie "gifted" the subscription to a chosen few!
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Re:It's weird that people get mocked for changing their minds by libraryatnight on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @12:52PM (#36495519)
I don't see this as just a twitter problem. It's in "memes" (people love an image with one or two lines that seemingly obliterates an opposing view), facebook posts, and bleeds into meatspace (facebook/twitter/reddit > family gathering)

It's a disregard for context and nuance that I don't find specific to twitter.

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Re:It's weird that people get mocked for changing their minds by JohnFen on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @01:33PM (#36496126)
I think that the special thing about Twitter (and other short-form services) is that it's actually impossible to include context and nuance even if you want to.
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