Alexander Kustov on LinkedIn as the Switzerland of the Internet:

LinkedIn’s format (longer posts, real names tied to real careers, a less snarky default register) does a lot of the work of civilizing discourse without needing heavy moderation, because when the poster is visibly accountable to an employer and a professional reputation, the median comment tone shifts correspondingly, and bad-faith quote-dunking becomes rarer. There are also no anonymous accounts and almost no sub-tweeting; the median post reads more like a memo than a hot take.

People can still disagree or criticize you heavily if you...

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@ablerism That’s a very interesting post! — but I am befuddled by his description of Twitter as a place where respectful and constructive scholarly exchange happened. What he describes as the norm there I never experienced, in more than a decade on the platform!