• zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
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    9 hours ago

    rational discourse is one of the valuable options possible.

    Yeah, can’t say that I’ve seen a lot of that on social media.

    You don’t need social media to do rational discourse, anyway. All you need is two-way communication, a problem that the Internet solved long before any Facebooks or Twitters popped up. You can have rational discourse on IRC, an email list, or even through instant messaging.

    throwing away the whole internet because Xitter sucks is throwing away the baby with the bathwater.

    I know you’re being hyperbolic here, but unfortunately there are a lot of people now who really do see social media as “the whole Internet”. And they have thrown a lot away as a result.