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by swed420 627 days ago
> But, in short, I think that format encourages echo chambers, shortens attention spans, and rewards bad behaviors like bullying, cheap shots, ungenerous reading, etc. None of those are directly related to bots (though maybe bots are a symptom of the same issues). Nor did they emerge with Musk.

Having avoided twitter throughout its entire existence for these reasons, I absolutely agree.

Political commentator Matt Christman has a great vlog episode about the inherent problems with platforms such as Twitter, including the societal cost of being an impediment to real progress.

MIND FORCE: FIBONACCI SNIPER | CushVlog 4.29.30:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsuTh1aK7Tc

https://cushvlog-catalog.vercel.app/transcript/OsuTh1aK7Tc (transcript)