• andys_nuts [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    You see different types of gems from reddit, at least. It's the home of the impressive effortpost with all the sources you'd ever need, and that can be useful in the right context. More commonly, it's probably the best forum for approximating "real" back-and-forth conversations.

    Now everything else...

    • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      I still think there's far more good-faith discussion on twitter

      and the lack of downvotes also adds to that, but a lot of it also has to do with the user populace

      • andys_nuts [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Twitter also gets you uncut brainworms with prominent peoples' names on it, which is fantastic. Never before have we had a window into the mind of a guy like Chuck Grassley

        • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          Twitter also gets you uncut brainworms with prominent peoples’ names on it, which is fantastic.

          I feel like this is a good thing.

          The bad takes being short and uncut makes them harder to hide, easier to see.

          If you can dress them up with a lot of unnecessary jargon, you can make it seem like you have a point, when you don't.

          • andys_nuts [none/use name]
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            3 years ago

            100% agreed. It's also a great means of chipping away at the myth that people in power usually get there by being especially smart or capable. If you can see that members of the American aristocracy are on the same page as that dumb guy you know from work, that might translate into a greater willingness for people to radically depart from the "common sense" of that aristocracy.