jean
jean

It’s….too chill? Where’s the rage/urgency/hot takes?

My favorite comment about Micro.blog among people looking for Twitter alternatives, from someone looking over the emoji categories. 😇

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rickcogley
rickcogley

@jean where indeed. For that, go to Reddit. 😅

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ayjay
ayjay

@jean “What’s the point of being on social media if there aren’t people for me to hate?”

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canion
canion

@jean Adrenaline junkie.

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jahziel
jahziel

@jean sounds like a success to me!

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aa
aa

@jean yep, and that’s why we like it here :-)

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pimoore
pimoore

@jean That’s downright hilarious, and highly entertaining. 😂

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pratik
pratik

@jean Sounds like someone needs an outrage machine.

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odd
odd

@pratik App idea: Scream something in your phone microphone, and the app will play it back on full volume with an echo/delay a moment afterwards.

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pratik
pratik

@odd Band Idea: Outrage for the Machine

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jean
jean

@jean I feel it was a little cheap in my part to post it, because I knew it would provoke a reaction here. I think the original tweet was meant tongue-in-cheek and it gave me a laugh. And some of the replies are amusing. And some of them just remind me what is wrong with Twitter.

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Rongwrong
Rongwrong

@jean The other side of that is that the Discover tab really is unrepresentative, apparently curated that way by design: no controversial topics, etc.

I looked at micro.blog a few times over the years and decided not to join, based only on Discover. I think it sells you short!

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gregmoore
gregmoore

@jean I want Twitter to succeed juuuust enough for drama junkies like her to stay happy there so we can be happy here.

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matti
matti

@jean (I'm no native speaker so I apologize if I come of as being insensitive/aggressive) I feel strongly that we shouldn't post things like this (I can't really demand this, but I still feel that way). Tongue-in-cheek or not, a post like this will never not: 1.) be incendiary and 2.) generate "sportsfanism". People are measured (even keeled) over here, but even then I can see that people (including me) get wound up by judgments like this. Furthermore I feel like this kind of post - a comment that recontextualizes a negative judgement (tongue-in-cheek, or not) that basically starts a new discussion thread with the same (or often worse, rarely better) kind of energy - has the potential to poison any timeline: Examples like this makes it obvious that even the mb timeline can be "gamed" for engagement. I wouldn't want that. Sorry that I felt the need to state my opinion so strongly, but as soon as I read your post, saw the tweet and the replies there and here, I felt... a feeling of the toxic bullshit that happens on other platforms. And it made me sad. ☹️

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Munish
Munish

@gregmoore oooh I sooo agree

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tkoola
tkoola

@jean ah, exact reason I love being here. Hot takes are not good for anyone (though I occasionally make one myself)

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SimonWoods
SimonWoods

@jean ... I thought it was obvious she was joking? Took me literally a few seconds of scanning her timeline to understand her position. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

It'd be great to have people who do such good work join the community, for sure.

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someone
someone

@jean I love it!

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renevanbelzen
renevanbelzen

@jean But what would be an appropriate set of tagmoji for Twitter, in case they would introduce it as an alternative tagging system to hashtags?

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jean
jean

@matti Yes, I realized that I could have framed it better to say I found it delightful and it made my day. It was ironically a cold take from me, as I made a note the link 10 days ago, just came across it again when reviewing my notes. I am intentionally not dumping on Twitter now, because it’s not worth the energy. It’s a lesson in being careful not to stir the pot.

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matti
matti

@jean Thanks for being so considerate. 😊👍

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jean
jean

@Rongwrong We think of Discover as a kind of meet-and-greet party, where you might be introduced to some people for the first time, whereas others are old friends. It does follow the classic hospitality etiquette guideline of “no politics or religion.” We think the vibe here grows out of getting to know people as people first. It is intentional as I wrote three years ago. I’ve been meaning to update this to include some points that have evolved. Thanks for the nudge!

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jean
jean

@matti Ready for my dose of Daily Doggo. It grounds the timeline for me. 🥰

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matti
matti

@jean Hehe. Coming right up! 😊

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Rongwrong
Rongwrong

@jean Thanks, yeah that makes sense and it’s obviously working!

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