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    > What happens when Elon's "anything under U.S. law" 
    > approach kicks in is toxic behavior and arguments 
    > will get so extreme that it will drive millions 
    > of people away, and those who are left will see 
    > the quality of their feeds decline. Then many of 
    > them will bail, too.

    But that's contradictory to your claim that Twitter is 
    what you want it to be, based on who you follow, isn't it?
What? It's not contradictory in the slightest.

Nobody is claiming that Twitter would somehow magically somehow continue "be what you want it to be" if most of the quality contributors leave.

    Because Twitter _isn't_ what you claim it is. 
    Twitter is optimized for outrage-oriented engagement.
I have a few accounts and I simply don't see what you describe.

I don't follow or engage with controversial crap. My follows are people in my hobbies, and funny people. My feed is pretty close to 100% strife-free.

Either it's really easy to avoid the hellscape of outrage that you describe or I'm extremely lucky/talented.



Or you have a higher tolerance for negativity and hate than I do.


Good point. Although, I don't think it's the case: mine's essentially zero.

Don't misunderstand: I've seen that stuff on Twitter. I've reported a few people. And political topics and other controversial topics are absolutely rife with it. I do not excuse it in any way.

I just find it easy to avoid?


You've just described how you haven't avoided it, but instead have actively engaged with it by availing yourself of moderation tools.

It leads me to suppose that you're underestimating how much you're exposed to that you find disquieting.


What kind of hubris would cause you to think you have more insight into my life than I do?

Your comment is extremely bad.

In its own small way, it is one of the most arrogant and incorrect things I've ever read.




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