Earlier today, I wrote up a whole post about how Twitter is an echo chamber. I gave an example: there was this one tweet that I have agreed with and half disagreed with. But there were, like, 15 replies, and they were all just saying, "Yes! Totally! Could not agree more!" and I was a bit worried as I put in my "Yes, but..." reply.
But then I went back to add the actual tweet to show my point. (Show, not tell, Mr. Ratner!) And I looked at the whole big list of replies. I was a little surprised by what I saw. There were three that agreed completely. There were about ten that partially agreed, adding their own nuance and perspective. It was really a great, if choppy, conversation. (Each point was so short, with these tiny tweets -- grr, twitter!!).
So, what was it that made me think everyone was being a yes-man and blowing meaningless sunshine at each other? Why did I get that impression when it was clearly not there?
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