[OutsiderFan]

That’s a lot of blessed Twitter users.

I don't usually feel blessed when I'm on Twitter.  More like cursed...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/opini...orsey.html

Maureen Dowd usually has an acerbic wit, but wow did she dip her quill in some powerful acid for that column. 

Now y’all can appreciate why I have such deep contempt for Facebook and have been so bothered when Stanford uses it as an exclusive communication platform. It goes against every fiber of my moral core to patronize it. At one time you could view its content without its dystopian surveillance system tapping into your soul. It still used cookies to track you, but you could always clear them. Not anymore. Now only logging in will reveal content, and once logged in there is no escape. It’s like a parasite you can’t remove once in you. So I won’t ever see Facebook content again as long as my heart beats. I’m more than happy about this and sincerely hope more people come to the same conclusion for themselves.

Twitter certainly does some of its own surveillance but it does not relentlessly serve content to you that feeds your emotions. It also features pretty benign commercial advertising. Twitter puts you in control of what you see to a much greater degree than even YouTube, with far less suggested content beyond what is crowd-sourced and based on overall popularity. And admittedly, having the world’s biggest internet troll blocked, makes for a less hot hellscape than it would be otherwise.

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Oh, damn, I just realized this post is on recruiting board. It really doesn’t belong here. Actually only really belongs on a How to Save America board.

[OutsiderFan]

That’s a lot of blessed Twitter users.

I don't usually feel blessed when I'm on Twitter.  More like cursed...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/opini...orsey.html

Maureen Dowd usually has an acerbic wit, but wow did she dip her quill in some powerful acid for that column. 

Now y’all can appreciate why I have such deep contempt for Facebook and have been so bothered when Stanford uses it as an exclusive communication platform. It goes against every fiber of my moral core to patronize it. At one time you could view its content without its dystopian surveillance system tapping into your soul. It still used cookies to track you, but you could always clear them. Not anymore. Now only logging in will reveal content, and once logged in there is no escape. It’s like a parasite you can’t remove once in you. So I won’t ever see Facebook content again as long as my heart beats. I’m more than happy about this and sincerely hope more people come to the same conclusion for themselves.

Twitter certainly does some of its own surveillance but it does not relentlessly serve content to you that feeds your emotions. It also features pretty benign commercial advertising. Twitter puts you in control of what you see to a much greater degree than even YouTube, with far less suggested content beyond what is crowd-sourced and based on overall popularity. And admittedly, having the world’s biggest internet troll blocked, makes for a less hot hellscape than it would be otherwise.

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Oh, damn, I just realized this post is on recruiting board. It really doesn’t belong here. Actually only really belongs on a How to Save America board.