The anonymizing effect of text and internet gives people who do not think at all permission to unleash their true natures. I made a choice some time back to never hide behind a fake ID. It hasn't always helped me moderate my own demons, but at least when I'm being an asshole there's no question in anyone's mind who it is.
By the bye, turns out we've something else in common: I too have been banned from Twitter.
I was banned for something phenomenally silly, but it turns out that I don't miss posting on Twitter. I can still embed tweets, which is mostly what I use it for, but I don't miss the trolls or the shitposting. Now I see more of the intelligence and the brilliance, and I feel much better about Twitter.
The anonymizing effect of text and internet gives people who do not think at all permission to unleash their true natures. I made a choice some time back to never hide behind a fake ID. It hasn't always helped me moderate my own demons, but at least when I'm being an asshole there's no question in anyone's mind who it is.
By the bye, turns out we've something else in common: I too have been banned from Twitter.
I was banned for something phenomenally silly, but it turns out that I don't miss posting on Twitter. I can still embed tweets, which is mostly what I use it for, but I don't miss the trolls or the shitposting. Now I see more of the intelligence and the brilliance, and I feel much better about Twitter.