top | item 27564301 (no title) F_J_H | 4 years ago I feel there are people who have found healthy balance between not using Twitter at all and "focus everything through the lens of the twitterverse". discuss order hn newest lugged|4 years ago So you only look at some topics through the hyper polarized lens of Twitter and Facebook?Literally all of the conversations that get traction on those sites are the extreme and polarized views.The fact you may have normalised those views to the point you think of them as healthy scares me a lot.Both moderation and moderate views dont work on twitter. They're invisible.Also, while maybe you can find a balance, that doesn't mean everyone can, your participation enables the unhealthy participants as well.
lugged|4 years ago So you only look at some topics through the hyper polarized lens of Twitter and Facebook?Literally all of the conversations that get traction on those sites are the extreme and polarized views.The fact you may have normalised those views to the point you think of them as healthy scares me a lot.Both moderation and moderate views dont work on twitter. They're invisible.Also, while maybe you can find a balance, that doesn't mean everyone can, your participation enables the unhealthy participants as well.
lugged|4 years ago
Literally all of the conversations that get traction on those sites are the extreme and polarized views.
The fact you may have normalised those views to the point you think of them as healthy scares me a lot.
Both moderation and moderate views dont work on twitter. They're invisible.
Also, while maybe you can find a balance, that doesn't mean everyone can, your participation enables the unhealthy participants as well.