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rynlingI saw one of those posts saying there’s no Discourse™ here
https://corseque.tumblr.com/post/700567828007419904/you-all-must-never-have-been-on-twitter-and-are
You all must never have been on twitter and are imagining that the terrible drama you’ve seen on tumblr could possibly, in any world, compare to the drama that happens every hour when there’s an actual algorithm that causes drama and puts inflammatory posts directly in people’s faces without them following anyone involved, just so people click more.
Once again Corseque has the right of it.
In all fairness, what used to happen on Tumblr circa 2018 was bad bad bad bad bad, and I think Corseque's experience on Twitter was exceptional.
Still, Twitter is deliberately broken in a way that makes it openly hostile, even if you (like me) are committed to blocking mean people, muting people whose interests don't align with yours, and only posting or engaging with "wholesome" content. This isn't the same as overt harassment, but for me it was always difficult to see people unfollow me because I liked one or two pieces of video game fan art drawn by friends. Even if someone has you muted, things you like might still appear in their feed, and the only real way for them to turn that off is to unfollow you.
I understand why a Serious Scholar might not want to see someone's buff Yiga Clan OC or whatever when they go to check the news on Twitter, but it still hurts when a professional colleague I'm friendly with in real life unfollows me on Twitter, and when this happens at least once a week. That sort of intensely negative social feedback is tough to handle in aggregate, and it's cruel to pretend as though "it's just Twitter lol don't get so upset."
I've seen a lot of people posting about how Twitter helped marginalized people find a platform, and that's true. At the same time, we deserve better.
https://corseque.tumblr.com/post/700567828007419904/you-all-must-never-have-been-on-twitter-and-are
You all must never have been on twitter and are imagining that the terrible drama you’ve seen on tumblr could possibly, in any world, compare to the drama that happens every hour when there’s an actual algorithm that causes drama and puts inflammatory posts directly in people’s faces without them following anyone involved, just so people click more.
Once again Corseque has the right of it.
In all fairness, what used to happen on Tumblr circa 2018 was bad bad bad bad bad, and I think Corseque's experience on Twitter was exceptional.
Still, Twitter is deliberately broken in a way that makes it openly hostile, even if you (like me) are committed to blocking mean people, muting people whose interests don't align with yours, and only posting or engaging with "wholesome" content. This isn't the same as overt harassment, but for me it was always difficult to see people unfollow me because I liked one or two pieces of video game fan art drawn by friends. Even if someone has you muted, things you like might still appear in their feed, and the only real way for them to turn that off is to unfollow you.
I understand why a Serious Scholar might not want to see someone's buff Yiga Clan OC or whatever when they go to check the news on Twitter, but it still hurts when a professional colleague I'm friendly with in real life unfollows me on Twitter, and when this happens at least once a week. That sort of intensely negative social feedback is tough to handle in aggregate, and it's cruel to pretend as though "it's just Twitter lol don't get so upset."
I've seen a lot of people posting about how Twitter helped marginalized people find a platform, and that's true. At the same time, we deserve better.
