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by confoundcofound 1116 days ago
You don’t need a social science background to fix Twitter.
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I think abnormal psychology or perhaps criminology would be helpful in understanding the current Twitter decision making process.
Define "fix." Twitter is a tool used by extremists to reach massive audiences. Some of those extremists have socially destructive and violent objectives. Responding to harassment and hate speech involves understanding the psychology of harassers and racists so that incentives can be designed not to reward those behaviors. IMO, "fixing" Twitter isn't just about fail whales and 500 errors.