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@sklaing @knuthollund http://status.hackerposse.com/url/12600 has a lot of channers and GamerGate types on it. This isn't neccesarialy a bad thing, but there is definitely a prevaling groupthink in places. I'm given to thinking this is inevitable a part of any centralized social media though. GS seems to get away from it to *some* degree with federation, but suf…
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@knuthollund @sklaing Freedom from speech is not freedom from the consequences of that speech, which is something that most "free speech activists" seem to forget.
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@knuthollund @sklaing One thing I've liked about GNU social, a lot actually, is I can expose myself to a lot of viewpoints and life experiences that you just don't hear tell of through more "curated" (read: censored and manipulated) social media like Twitter and Facebook. I'd never really been able to talk to someone that actually represented many of these viewpoin…
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@kuro I find it actually kind of liberating to be able to maturely debate and discuss different and sometimes even opposing viewpoints to mine without it descending into shrieking histrionics.
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@maiyannah Yes! I read posts from many people who hold very different views from my own. Partly to listen for insight and as a census of prevailing opinion, but partly also in order to observe them as people distinct from their views, because i've learned that if i don't actively work to see more dimensions of their humanity, it is very easy to perceive someone only as a dehumanized…
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@sklaing @knuthollund The human aspect is so important. Twitter in particular has become so dehumanizing lately, so coming here is always like a breath of fresh air. I have to basically push myself to go to twitter (since I do rely on the promotion of my main site there for my income) because it's just so dehumanizing. It actually really bothers me and makes me…
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@kuro Even some of the humans were just saying what they were being paid to. Really depressing when I think about it. Sad to think people are literally profiting from dividing us as people.
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@sklaing @knuthollund @thomask It wouldn't have to if people did not have this trend of assuming others are as unchanging in their beliefs as they themselves are. People change. The person I was 15 years ago is a much worse person than I am now, and undoubtedly I still have all manner of ways in which I will grow if I make it to another 15 more.
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Sarah Laing
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