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Thoughts on how to avoid Discourse™ on Twitter:
I rarely see discourse directly on my timeline, tho I might see folks complain indirectly about discourse. I believe it's possible to experience Twitter w/o discourse bc, well, that's my experience. Here's how I think I do it:
I rarely see discourse directly on my timeline, tho I might see folks complain indirectly about discourse. I believe it's possible to experience Twitter w/o discourse bc, well, that's my experience. Here's how I think I do it:
There are three basic principles:
1. Define what you're looking for on Twitter
2. Only follow accounts that post what you're looking for on Twitter
3. Make sure your own tweets are the kind of content you're looking for on Twitter
1. Define what you're looking for on Twitter
2. Only follow accounts that post what you're looking for on Twitter
3. Make sure your own tweets are the kind of content you're looking for on Twitter
This feels.. obvious and simplistic, but it also requires self-discipline. For example, I am not here for discourse, so when I see someone talking about abortion I have to make a choice: Do I join the conversation? And it's a difficult decision...
Joining the convo feels important! Abortion is an important conversation, and adding my own perspective and dialoging with people about important topics is something that we're called to! That is what "discourse" really is, isn't it?
But I don't join in. Why? Because I'm not here for discourse. I respect and admire people who are able to discourse well (which can be a rarity on twitter dot com), and I know that for myself I'm not here for discourse. So I move on and let the conversation go
If you are on Twitter to pursue these conversations, please know that I wish you the best of luck because I believe these conversations are important, and as a society it's imperative that speak about abortion and many other issues.
I also implore you, please remember charity and empathy in your conversations, and be mindful that any toxicity you bring to conversations will reflect on more people than just you.
And I also won't follow you, even if you're someone that I admire for being loving and wise in all your discourse. This isn't a sign that I disapprove of your approach to Twitter, this is just a sign that I'm here for different reasons. But feel free to joke with me in my replies
So to avoid Discourse™ it's necessary to make sacrifices: sometimes there are conversations that I don't participate in even if I have the strongest of feelings, and sometimes I unfollow people that I highly respect just because their timelines have too much Discourse™
If you've ever found yourself complaining about Discourse™, I invite you to reflect: What are you looking for on Twitter? What are you bringing to Twitter? What is important to you? What sacrifices are you willing to make?
The person best equipped to eliminate Discourse™ from your timeline is you yourself. But is that what you want?
I offer my prayers for anyone who decides to pursue constructive Discourse™ on Twitter dot com. May you be a beacon of truth, beauty, and goodness. Though toxicity will find you, may you sow charity, care, and honesty.
May your labor bear fruit, and may your peace be grounded in God. God be with you!