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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8631196" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>There is a lot to say about a platform like Twitter. I don't think the platform is itself the issue, it is the importance we give it and how we use it. Also our understanding of how we are communicating there. One of the reasons I stopped with it, is because of its clear immediate effect on my ability to think. It was visibly impacting my memory and how well I could articulate ideas. But that is something I am sure I could also manage by just using twitter less. The bigger issue I think is twitter is new and like any new communication medium we are still very vulnerable to the way it can be exploited for rhetorical purposes (for instance, the structure of the character limit and how tweets work, really reward making a punchline rather than making a clear argument that leads to a solid conclusion: it is about winning over the crowd, whoever that crowd happens to be, with a quip or slice of wit). That can be a great platform for all kinds of creative communication. I think there is a learning curve where people need to understand how they are allowing themselves to be persuaded by humor and social pressure rather than a real presentation of ideas. At the moment, it tends to bring out the worst in people in my opinion, so I don't really want to be on there. Basically been off it for two years. A lot happier since I left. </p><p></p><p>All mediums take time for us to adjust to. Doesn't make the medium itself bad. Over time I think they lose their power: propaganda posters don't have the sway they once did, we can see how they manipulate quite clearly. And mediums always introduce changes (people used to tell and remember stories much differently before writing; a lot of unrest followed the widespread use of the printing press). Some of that will just be inevitable. </p><p></p><p>For right now though, I have just found the best thing for me, if I want to be productive with the things I love doing, is to unplug for the most part. Settle back into a pre-internet pace of life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8631196, member: 85555"] There is a lot to say about a platform like Twitter. I don't think the platform is itself the issue, it is the importance we give it and how we use it. Also our understanding of how we are communicating there. One of the reasons I stopped with it, is because of its clear immediate effect on my ability to think. It was visibly impacting my memory and how well I could articulate ideas. But that is something I am sure I could also manage by just using twitter less. The bigger issue I think is twitter is new and like any new communication medium we are still very vulnerable to the way it can be exploited for rhetorical purposes (for instance, the structure of the character limit and how tweets work, really reward making a punchline rather than making a clear argument that leads to a solid conclusion: it is about winning over the crowd, whoever that crowd happens to be, with a quip or slice of wit). That can be a great platform for all kinds of creative communication. I think there is a learning curve where people need to understand how they are allowing themselves to be persuaded by humor and social pressure rather than a real presentation of ideas. At the moment, it tends to bring out the worst in people in my opinion, so I don't really want to be on there. Basically been off it for two years. A lot happier since I left. All mediums take time for us to adjust to. Doesn't make the medium itself bad. Over time I think they lose their power: propaganda posters don't have the sway they once did, we can see how they manipulate quite clearly. And mediums always introduce changes (people used to tell and remember stories much differently before writing; a lot of unrest followed the widespread use of the printing press). Some of that will just be inevitable. For right now though, I have just found the best thing for me, if I want to be productive with the things I love doing, is to unplug for the most part. Settle back into a pre-internet pace of life. [/QUOTE]
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