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QC@QiaochuYuan• almost 6 years ago

smoothest twitter style is writing like thoughts drifting into someone's head. in this way you can incept a thought just a single inferential / associational step beyond what is already in the reader's mind, so that it slides in easily and naturally

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11/4/2019
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QC@QiaochuYuan• almost 6 years ago
Replying to @QiaochuYuan

broke: tweeting to argue with people woke: tweeting to find the others bespoke: tweeting to maintain a hive mind

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11/4/2019
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QC@QiaochuYuan• almost 6 years ago
Replying to @QiaochuYuan

writing is not about communicating facts, it is about redirecting and reorganizing attention

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11/4/2019
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QC@QiaochuYuan• almost 6 years ago
Replying to @QiaochuYuan

this points yet again at the crucial importance of relentlessly pruning your follows on social media, which i continue to think almost everyone underestimates; the people you follow are constantly incepting stuff inside you, make sure it's stuff you want

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11/5/2019