If you're a journalist, author, artist, or anyone else who uses social media for business purposes, it doesn't hurt to start collecting people's email addresses.
Goddammit I appreciate you. You're so fucking smart, P, and you use your knowledge to help others. Is this gross to put on main? Yes, whatever, I'm being sincere about a friend, it's fine, I'm FINE.
Cory Doctorow has a book coming out soon (The Internet Con) that I got an ARC of -- it follows up further on the switching costs argument and is extremely persuasive!
When I first heard Musk was buying Twitter, I made a point of signing up for as many mailing lists from smart people as I could, knowing that if I deleted Twitter (which I did back in October), it would be a way to keep the network once the dust settles. Glad I did!
Thanks for the inspiration! I have a small following on Twitter, but regardless of that I figure it is smart to start figuring out where to direct people for my work, as humble as it may be. Might also be a good kick in the pants to start writing a bit more, too.
OT, I know, but this bit from a famous 4th of July speech speaks to the question of whether you're obligated to engage in "reasonable debate" with people who will deny your humanity. The Concern Trolls have always been with us.
But I fancy I hear some one of my audience say, "It is just in this circumstance that you and your brother abolitionists fail to make a favorable impression on the public mind. Would you argue more, an denounce less; would you persuade more, and rebuke less; your cause would be much more likely to succeed."
-- Frederick Douglass, "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro"
I do not give strangers permission to collect my email address. I also don't understand how you folks got so dependent on any social media platform that you cry, gnash your teeth and tear out your hair when it changes on you. Get over it. It's pathetic. What do you think people did before Twitter? They lived without it. So can you. I'm so tired of the weeping and the Elon this, Elon that crap.
Yes! I started my newsletter Poppies & Propofol because there are not enough nuanced newsletters from physicians, and social media is... unstable. I don't use it to drive business, but speaking directly to the niche audience interested in medicine and ethics is more rewarding than Twitter, where it's easier to attract the hoards of anti-vax and anti-abortion trolls.
Goddammit I appreciate you. You're so fucking smart, P, and you use your knowledge to help others. Is this gross to put on main? Yes, whatever, I'm being sincere about a friend, it's fine, I'm FINE.
Cory Doctorow has a book coming out soon (The Internet Con) that I got an ARC of -- it follows up further on the switching costs argument and is extremely persuasive!
When I first heard Musk was buying Twitter, I made a point of signing up for as many mailing lists from smart people as I could, knowing that if I deleted Twitter (which I did back in October), it would be a way to keep the network once the dust settles. Glad I did!
Thanks for the inspiration! I have a small following on Twitter, but regardless of that I figure it is smart to start figuring out where to direct people for my work, as humble as it may be. Might also be a good kick in the pants to start writing a bit more, too.
OT, I know, but this bit from a famous 4th of July speech speaks to the question of whether you're obligated to engage in "reasonable debate" with people who will deny your humanity. The Concern Trolls have always been with us.
But I fancy I hear some one of my audience say, "It is just in this circumstance that you and your brother abolitionists fail to make a favorable impression on the public mind. Would you argue more, an denounce less; would you persuade more, and rebuke less; your cause would be much more likely to succeed."
-- Frederick Douglass, "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro"
I do not give strangers permission to collect my email address. I also don't understand how you folks got so dependent on any social media platform that you cry, gnash your teeth and tear out your hair when it changes on you. Get over it. It's pathetic. What do you think people did before Twitter? They lived without it. So can you. I'm so tired of the weeping and the Elon this, Elon that crap.
Yes! I started my newsletter Poppies & Propofol because there are not enough nuanced newsletters from physicians, and social media is... unstable. I don't use it to drive business, but speaking directly to the niche audience interested in medicine and ethics is more rewarding than Twitter, where it's easier to attract the hoards of anti-vax and anti-abortion trolls.
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