Is Twitter not ultimately where that rot gets in?
Pick a side and fight in a format that doesn't have enough room for any context or nuance, and find out that extreme opinions get more likes. Get love-bombed by people on your side. Whenever I meet someone who's gone nuts like that, it's almost always down to their social media use.
Mastodon's alright.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Fri 10 Feb 2023, 11:02,
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i agree with you about twitter, though it's hard to say if its a cause of merely an amplified reflection
but academia's like twitter but without the trolls
there's those with extreme position and those too scared of piping up lest their careers suffer like others, no matter how reasonable they might be. I did sciences, but I had a lecturer, a scot who studied philosophy at cambridge, and we had a great time arguing about war and politics and sex. That's all gone. too problematic. somebody will get offended or get their ideas challenged.
As to my friend I don't think it was twtter, she's not mentioned it though who knows what she does privately. But she's genuinely supportive of TG rights, which comes from a good place, but just not willing to countence anyone who suggest s there might be more to it, which doesnt
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 10 Feb 2023, 11:24,
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i was never much of a twitter user, only following a handful of gentlefolk
but mastodon is still social-media fresh air by comparison
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