tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post58282025472089593..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Three Resolutions for the Twitter LeftPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-53719855083695789522021-01-06T18:10:40.481+00:002021-01-06T18:10:40.481+00:00Subversive and critical Trolls as the only positiv...Subversive and critical Trolls as the only positive element on Twitter? Possibly a difference of definition which as a kind and sharing person I will attempt to debate. Trolls are people who post to provoke, generally because they like attention and think that irritating people is the best way to get it. Like that annoying git in the fourth year who always had to have the last word, looked for whatever would most upset, antagonise or humiliate and picked away at it - invariably punching down as any such efforts against someone who could actually hit back would result in that literally happening. Trolls are sociopaths and bullies or bully hangers-on who have no interest in persuasion or informed and informing debate. They do not seek truth, or knowledge, they seek gratification of their misunderstood need for approval and they only way they know to do it is to get under the skin of those they disagree with. Some Trolls will even argue and provoke those who they are in broad agreement with, should the opportunity arise, because their nature is to seek approbation from some subconscious and unrecognised stern, cold father figure, and the only weapons they possess is petty point scoring or insults and abuse. So, subversive in the sense of undermining and destructive, but not true rebels with a cause. Critical, yes, but everyone's a critic and only those who leaven this with a creative offering can be said to genuinely contribute to society. But that's just my view and you're all welcome to disagree. <br />Dr Zoltan Jorovicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-30748470057724173532021-01-03T11:24:04.586+00:002021-01-03T11:24:04.586+00:00It is interesting to note that wokism has been ful...It is interesting to note that wokism has been fully embraced by the right. The pro woke legislation is most enthusiastically enacted by the political right.<br /><br />As a supporter of the Palestinians I can say with confidence that hounding people and attempting to shut them down is something the political right are all too keen on too. History is full of right wing repression.<br /><br />So good luck with improving right wing twitter.<br /><br />Having said that certain people went all woke when Karen Carney made ignorant, ill informed, crass and provocative things about Leeds Utd and in my opinion she fully deserves all the abuse she was getting. Though there comes a point to let things rest and move on.<br /><br />The trolls on twitter are the only truly subversive and critical element, better them than those who add a like to a Stephen Fry tweet.<br /><br />Even better, avoid twitter altogether!DFTMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-70842203877169274412021-01-02T21:53:39.463+00:002021-01-02T21:53:39.463+00:00Kindness? That'll be organising pile-ons to pe...Kindness? That'll be organising pile-ons to people deemed not sufficiently kind. 'Be kinder you bigoted racist piece of dog vomit' etc etc.<br /><br />The problem is that left politics is now entirely about finding bad people and publicly hounding them. Arguments are proposed not because the proponents actually believe them, but because the response will allow sinners to be identified and pilloried.<br /><br />So good luck improving lefty twitter.Dippernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-75847760982783563862021-01-02T18:05:40.310+00:002021-01-02T18:05:40.310+00:00A succinct list, Phil, yet with so much to commend...A succinct list, Phil, yet with so much to commend it. May I add an over-arching concept that needs tackling to assist your readers? This is the Third-Person Effect (TPE). Not so much a logical fallacy as a perceptual one. <br /><br />Broadly speaking, the TPE means that we all think we are immune to being influenced, but that everyone else is highly suggestible. Trying to explain the TPE's application to Twitter can be prescriptive and therefore counter-productive. But when you know what it is, it becomes immediately recognisable when you experience it or encounter it. And it is absolutely fucking <b>everywhere!</b><br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-person_effectAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com