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Twitter wanted to become a more egalitarian justice system, but instead it became a draconian one.
Somebody told me, “Twitter hates tabloids, but Twitter is constantly acting like a tabloid, repeating the mistakes of the things we’re hoping to better.” Twitter wanted to become a more egalitarian justice system, but instead it became a draconian one.
On social media there's this thing where on many occasions, there's a single proscribed way of acting. Like if somebody dies, everyone has to say "R.I.P.! R.I.P.!" Basically they're saying, "Don't hurt me, I'm a good person."
My ideal world was the early days of Twitter, where everyone was curious about each other and everyone saw it as kind of a window into people's lives where we could be compassionate and curious and empathetic and we could tell each other secrets.
It's not a good idea to define the boundaries of normality by tearing apart people who are outside of it.
In the midst of a burning-hot shaming, calling for patience and context and understanding and empathy can really land you in trouble.
The laughing way we make damaged people our playthings, it's so dehumanizing.
We're living in post-nuance online times.
We want to see ourselves as curious and open-minded and smart and understanding things in terms of context and nuance, but when someone tries to do that in the midst of a shaming they're turned on.
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