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The charm of a place like Twitter is that you are introduced to people from all walks of life without being hampered by geographic proximity.
You find connections and learn about the world in ways that wouldn’t otherwise be possible.
In our regular daily lives we largely only interact with the people in our physical path. The internet has made it possible to choose our connections based upon mutual interests, hobbies, similar humor, politics, or whatever it is that drives you.
We are no longer limited in connection to those in our towns or neighborhoods. The world is wide open now.
The connections you do form here are stronger because they are based upon the real you, not the outward persona you project for societal approval in your daily life.
The connections you do form here are stronger because they are based upon the real you, not the outward persona you project for societal approval in your daily life.
SueAnn from the PTA may be suppressing a hilariously inappropriate sense of humor.
Joe from the hardware store may be the worlds greatest expert on shipping channels during WWII.
Joe from the hardware store may be the worlds greatest expert on shipping channels during WWII.
Since those things don’t fit with who they have to be, they find a home for them here with like minded friends.
Maybe your best friend lives across the country. Maybe your perfect work-from-home job is in a country on another continent.
Maybe your best friend lives across the country. Maybe your perfect work-from-home job is in a country on another continent.
Maybe you found your soulmate in the next town.
You would never know if you hadn’t logged on.
What Twitter and other social media companies are doing with these restrictions and purges is not just limiting speech, it’s limiting connection.
You would never know if you hadn’t logged on.
What Twitter and other social media companies are doing with these restrictions and purges is not just limiting speech, it’s limiting connection.
Speech isn’t threatening, connections and groups of like minded people are.
They can’t have Joe passing logistics info through SueAnn’s memes, after all.
They can’t have Joe passing logistics info through SueAnn’s memes, after all.
