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If you’re playing the public twitter game you gotta know what you’re optimising for, or you’ll likely get swept up in other people’s nonsense. In my case I’m optimising to make thoughtful+kind+interesting friends around the world. I think I’m doing pretty good so far
If I had the time, I would happily argue with every single person about every single thing until *they* collapse from exhaustion. Unfortunately time is limited, so time arguing with idiots is time not spent with my wife, who is a lot more fun & interesting & deserving of my time https://t.co/XfIMltAHmU
I’m currently almost exclusively following mutuals (everybody else is on lists). These 300+ people mostly fit the bill of thoughtful + kind + interesting and I am so looking forward to having dinner and/or drinks with them someday. And I’m definitely missing out on 100s of others
My primary goal is to keep expanding this thread indefinitely, to keep getting to know more lovely people like this https://t.co/8XO9AQTVbK
If it didn’t sound so pretentious, “people who appreciate the intersubjectivity of things” is actually a great filter to find great company. These are people who aren’t too quick to make up their minds, yet aren’t so uncertain as to not have any opinions of their own. I love them
never fun, but needs to be done to protect the fun https://t.co/pNyAU1TOyv
I’ve blocked about 12 followers out of 8,000+ in 10 years on Twitter. Not counting bots or comically malicious people, but real people who were following me and even said nice and supportive things to/about me. It’s never a pleasant or fun thing to do and I think about it *a lot* https://t.co/MlQRpXIGJ4
