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fuckyeahasexual:
My internet crapped out for a second so the ask was eaten. But it roughly said, ‘twitter is also more full of minors than tumblr. And minors are more prone to spreading misinformation about events because they weren’t there for it. (Please resend the ask if I got that wrong.)
It is common issue with queer history not being taught. And I don’t think this behavior is for a lack of critical thinking either. I think it’s an issue of speed.
Twitter moves at such a fast pace, and with so many people trying to get attention on so many valid concerns that in order to even attempt to address all the ills in the world you have to juggle it all. Sometimes literally only taking a second to decide on an issue. “Does that sound like some other thing? Close enough, toss in the same pile. Whatever, we got 12 other things to focus on.”
Since twitter comes at you so fast, and often in an such unfiltered way, it’s overwhelming. So instead of technology adding in productivity that leads to a next level of consciousness type of singularity, it creates more of a mental DDOS attack.
And it’s not all that different from capitalism demanding you be productive at all costs, and by the end of the day you are so tired you can’t sort out things. That’s by design. You want to strike at work for better living conditions? Have fun risking starvation during the process.
And I think the “turn yourself into a commodity via your tweets” is most evident by the fact that any popular tweet’s second reply is often “I don’t have a sound cloud to promote but here’s my—“
It’s actually kind of funny because a big sticking point of people leaving tumblr a few years ago was that it was too slow. Without realizing that twitter is a multi-lane highway that every user often has to cross on foot. And that result ends up with a bunch of banged up people who feel so beaten down that any criticism is meet with “please don’t cancel me!!” This again is not anyone’s goal when correcting false infomation.
fuckyeahasexual:
My internet crapped out for a second so the ask was eaten. But it roughly said, ‘twitter is also more full of minors than tumblr. And minors are more prone to spreading misinformation about events because they weren’t there for it. (Please resend the ask if I got that wrong.)
It is common issue with queer history not being taught. And I don’t think this behavior is for a lack of critical thinking either. I think it’s an issue of speed.
Twitter moves at such a fast pace, and with so many people trying to get attention on so many valid concerns that in order to even attempt to address all the ills in the world you have to juggle it all. Sometimes literally only taking a second to decide on an issue. “Does that sound like some other thing? Close enough, toss in the same pile. Whatever, we got 12 other things to focus on.”
Since twitter comes at you so fast, and often in an such unfiltered way, it’s overwhelming. So instead of technology adding in productivity that leads to a next level of consciousness type of singularity, it creates more of a mental DDOS attack.
And it’s not all that different from capitalism demanding you be productive at all costs, and by the end of the day you are so tired you can’t sort out things. That’s by design. You want to strike at work for better living conditions? Have fun risking starvation during the process.
And I think the “turn yourself into a commodity via your tweets” is most evident by the fact that any popular tweet’s second reply is often “I don’t have a sound cloud to promote but here’s my—“
It’s actually kind of funny because a big sticking point of people leaving tumblr a few years ago was that it was too slow. Without realizing that twitter is a multi-lane highway that every user often has to cross on foot. And that result ends up with a bunch of banged up people who feel so beaten down that any criticism is meet with “please don’t cancel me!!” This again is not anyone’s goal when correcting false infomation.