Imagine what it's like to be so dumb that you tweet at the guitarist of a band named Rage Against the Machine, whose biggest hit song contains the lyrics "Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses" and "You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites", to tell him that you no longer like his music since he supports Black Lives Matter protesters.
Imagine what it's like to be so dumb that you tweet at the guitarist of a band named Rage Against the Machine, whose biggest hit song contains the lyrics "Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses" and "You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites", to tell him that you no longer like his music since he supports Black Lives Matter protesters.
Either way, the guy has 39 followers. Who cares what he thinks?
I like you, so try not to take this the wrong way, but what you just said is a big part of why things are so f’d up these days.
Opinions should have weight based on their merit alone, and have nothing to do with how many followers someone has. This is the reason why populism has become so prevalent in our culture. When social influencers make more of an impact than seasoned professionals or scholars, we lose them plot and have only ourselves to blame.
In this case, his opinion is bull#### because he has no idea who Tom Morello is or what he has consistently stood for.
I hate to single you out, but this type of thinking needs to die a quick death.
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I like you, so try not to take this the wrong way, but what you just said is a big part of why things are so f’d up these days.
Opinions should have weight based on their merit alone, and have nothing to do with how many followers someone has. This is the reason why populism has become so prevalent in our culture. When social influencers make more of an impact than seasoned professionals or scholars, we lose them plot and have only ourselves to blame.
In this case, his opinion is bull#### because he has no idea who Tom Morello is or what he has consistently stood for.
I hate to single you out, but this type of thinking needs to die a quick death.
This is beside the point. There is no person behind this account. One way you can tell is the number of follows/followers. Also infrequency of posting and lack of responses to all the attacks.
That’s what is interesting to me - how much social media is being manipulated by bad actors.
I like you, so try not to take this the wrong way, but what you just said is a big part of why things are so f’d up these days.
Opinions should have weight based on their merit alone, and have nothing to do with how many followers someone has. This is the reason why populism has become so prevalent in our culture. When social influencers make more of an impact than seasoned professionals or scholars, we lose them plot and have only ourselves to blame.
In this case, his opinion is bull#### because he has no idea who Tom Morello is or what he has consistently stood for.
I hate to single you out, but this type of thinking needs to die a quick death.
Eh, I kind of disagree here. I think the point is that it’s basically no different than you or I saying it.
Sure, the opinion does or doesn’t have merit based on the opinion. But like if some random off the street yells something at you, there’s no real reason to care. If you told me I had to give weight to every random opinion thrown at me by some random idiot, my life would be a lot worse honestly.
Does it matter what this guy thinks of Tom Morello? No, it doesn’t. It’s not JUST because he’s a nobody, but that’s a big part of it.
I find it funny when people post an opinion they agree with from a random twitter account that has 30 followers. It doesn’t add anything, you can literally copy and paste those words and pretend they’re yours. When it’s an opinion you disagree with from a rando twitter account? No, sorry, I agree with Down here. Who cares? You can find 1000 different opinions if you poll 1000 different people. Why should we care enough to pick apart one random dudes dumbass comment?
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This is beside the point. There is no person behind this account. One way you can tell is the number of follows/followers. Also infrequency of posting and lack of responses to all the attacks.
That’s what is interesting to me - how much social media is being manipulated by bad actors.
I have a twitter account that I use for following others and getting breaking news from a variety of sources. I have fewer than 20 followers. I rarely write tweets myself (maybe once every 2-3 months, if that). By your reckoning, my account would have no person behind it, but I assure you I am very much real.
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Eh, I kind of disagree here. I think the point is that it’s basically no different than you or I saying it.
Sure, the opinion does or doesn’t have merit based on the opinion. But like if some random off the street yells something at you, there’s no real reason to care. If you told me I had to give weight to every random opinion thrown at me by some random idiot, my life would be a lot worse honestly.
Does it matter what this guy thinks of Tom Morello? No, it doesn’t. It’s not JUST because he’s a nobody, but that’s a big part of it.
I find it funny when people post an opinion they agree with from a random twitter account that has 30 followers. It doesn’t add anything, you can literally copy and paste those words and pretend they’re yours. When it’s an opinion you disagree with from a rando twitter account? No, sorry, I agree with Down here. Who cares? You can find 1000 different opinions if you poll 1000 different people. Why should we care enough to pick apart one random dudes dumbass comment?
The whole point of Twitter is that sometimes people nail an idea and do it with pizzazz in under 160 characters, so you favorite or retweet their tweet.
That’s why people might want to repost a tweet elsewhere. They don’t want to take credit for plagiarizing somebody else’s words and who wants to try to paraphrase a tweet when you can repost it with the click of a button. Sometimes a person with very few followers makes a damn good point. And sometimes you get the #### posts that you pointed out and made fun of.
But if someone made a good tweet, I want to see it, I don’t care how many followers they have or if they have a blue check mark.
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Eh, I kind of disagree here. I think the point is that it’s basically no different than you or I saying it.
Sure, the opinion does or doesn’t have merit based on the opinion. But like if some random off the street yells something at you, there’s no real reason to care. If you told me I had to give weight to every random opinion thrown at me by some random idiot, my life would be a lot worse honestly.
Does it matter what this guy thinks of Tom Morello? No, it doesn’t. It’s not JUST because he’s a nobody, but that’s a big part of it.
I find it funny when people post an opinion they agree with from a random twitter account that has 30 followers. It doesn’t add anything, you can literally copy and paste those words and pretend they’re yours. When it’s an opinion you disagree with from a rando twitter account? No, sorry, I agree with Down here. Who cares? You can find 1000 different opinions if you poll 1000 different people. Why should we care enough to pick apart one random dudes dumbass comment?
Ubiquitous opinions are not the point. If the argument has merit and the post is well thought out, that’s all that matters. This particular case did not warrant any analysis of the thoughts, but generally, we need to listen to cogent thoughts more, no matter where they come from.
The whole point of social media is to find nuggets of gold among the masses. If we use popularity to determine who has a legitimate thought and who does not, we are no better than the cool kids table in high school. I hope we’re better than that.
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I like you, so try not to take this the wrong way, but what you just said is a big part of why things are so f’d up these days.
Opinions should have weight based on their merit alone, and have nothing to do with how many followers someone has. This is the reason why populism has become so prevalent in our culture. When social influencers make more of an impact than seasoned professionals or scholars, we lose them plot and have only ourselves to blame.
In this case, his opinion is bull#### because he has no idea who Tom Morello is or what he has consistently stood for.
I hate to single you out, but this type of thinking needs to die a quick death.
You had me at, "I like you".
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Ubiquitous opinions are not the point. If the argument has merit and the post is well thought out, that’s all that matters. This particular case did not warrant any analysis of the thoughts, but generally, we need to listen to cogent thoughts more, no matter where they come from.
The whole point of social media is to find nuggets of gold among the masses. If we use popularity to determine who has a legitimate thought and who does not, we are no better than the cool kids table in high school. I hope we’re better than that.
I agree that great ideas should be shared, no matter the source. But should we be shining light on bad takes made by insignificant people? Let the idiot's lack of self-awareness exist in obscurity.
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I agree that great ideas should be shared, no matter the source. But should we be shining light on bad takes made by insignificant people? Let the idiot's lack of self-awareness exist in obscurity.
Agreed. But attack it on its merit alone. That’s enough, and really, it’s the only thing we should be doing in such a complicated world.
Of course, analyzing merit requires a population ready to do so, and I worry that we don’t have that these days.
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I have a twitter account that I use for following others and getting breaking news from a variety of sources. I have fewer than 20 followers. I rarely write tweets myself (maybe once every 2-3 months, if that). By your reckoning, my account would have no person behind it, but I assure you I am very much real.
Said the March Hare to the, uh... Troutman.
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I agree that great ideas should be shared, no matter the source. But should we be shining light on bad takes made by insignificant people? Let the idiot's lack of self-awareness exist in obscurity.
Watching idiots, whether they're insignificant or famous, get dunked on is half the fun of Twitter.
I agree that great ideas should be shared, no matter the source. But should we be shining light on bad takes made by insignificant people? Let the idiot's lack of self-awareness exist in obscurity.
If it’s so stupid that it’s entertaining then yeah, I want to see it so I can bask in the ridicule too. That’s another great perk of Twitter.
For example, who didn’t get some joy out of pepsifree making green lanterns post sound even more ridiculous than it already was.
