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<blockquote data-quote="ilostabet" data-source="post: 1337295" data-attributes="member: 13181">What do people get out of Twitter (or alternatives)?A way to organize? Doubtful. It's not even close to the best for local organizing. You can organize 'globally' but what exactly are your organizing?Wisdom? Doubtful. Wisdom has a tendency to stick around, not get buried in an endless scrolling timeline.Information? Definitely. But actionable information? Doubtful. What are you learning there that is affecting your actions? Well, actions other than tweeting I mean.Entertainment? Definitely. But do we need more of it or less?Twitter and other platforms like this cater to our worst base instincts - at best it is harmless fun, but it almost never stays there. At worst it's a narcissist-making machine. It's not just selfies that give narcissistic supply - for intellectual types, 'takes' and the likes and retweets serve the exact same function; not to mention the 'fights' that never enlighten or convince anyone, they just suck you into an intellectual and spiritual black hole.There is nothing good to be gained in participating, regardless of how many race statistics and media representation graphs you can post.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ilostabet, post: 1337295, member: 13181"] What do people get out of Twitter (or alternatives)? A way to organize? Doubtful. It's not even close to the best for local organizing. You can organize 'globally' but what exactly are your organizing? Wisdom? Doubtful. Wisdom has a tendency to stick around, not get buried in an endless scrolling timeline. Information? Definitely. But actionable information? Doubtful. What are you learning there that is affecting your actions? Well, actions other than tweeting I mean. Entertainment? Definitely. But do we need more of it or less? Twitter and other platforms like this cater to our worst base instincts - at best it is harmless fun, but it almost never stays there. At worst it's a narcissist-making machine. It's not just selfies that give narcissistic supply - for intellectual types, 'takes' and the likes and retweets serve the exact same function; not to mention the 'fights' that never enlighten or convince anyone, they just suck you into an intellectual and spiritual black hole. There is nothing good to be gained in participating, regardless of how many race statistics and media representation graphs you can post. [/QUOTE]

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