The other day Zeynep Tufekci made this observation on Twitter: Twitter incentivizes nut-picking — select the craziest, weakest version of the argument of the opposing 'tribe' to debunk to cheers from your own. This can cause people to lose the argument broadly when the public eventually encounters the non-crazy version.
The identity line
The identity line
The identity line
The other day Zeynep Tufekci made this observation on Twitter: Twitter incentivizes nut-picking — select the craziest, weakest version of the argument of the opposing 'tribe' to debunk to cheers from your own. This can cause people to lose the argument broadly when the public eventually encounters the non-crazy version.