Comments on: Sigh. Now I'm on Twitter. https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/8438 Announcing appearances, publications, and analysis of questions historical, philosophical, and political by author, philosopher, and historian Richard Carrier. Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:12:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Richard Carrier https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/8438#comment-13409 Thu, 24 Sep 2015 04:36:37 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/?p=8438#comment-13409 In reply to polishsalami.

Level 1 is:

“Accounts that appear to engage in aggressiveness, threats, harassment, dishonesty in an effort to infiltrate social groups, impersonating someone, posting shock images, encouraging self-harm, spouting dehumanizing rhetoric, promoting hate speech, etc. New accounts that appear to be created to circumvent blocks or participate in harassment campaigns are also often added to this level.”

That’s pretty serious. And you should agree anyone who is caught doing that stuff, no one wants on their feed, sight unseen. But if you are sure you haven’t done any of those things (or anything worse), they have an appeals system.

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By: Richard Carrier https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/8438#comment-13408 Thu, 24 Sep 2015 04:31:36 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/?p=8438#comment-13408 In reply to Karim Ghantous.

Uh, yeah. Kink community is huge.

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By: timdiaz https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/8438#comment-13407 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 22:31:21 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/?p=8438#comment-13407 In reply to timdiaz.

Of course Twitter produces annoyances, but I assure you, there are lots of people who enjoy using it. Absolutely, it is a burden for content creators, it takes up time and energy, and exposes you to tons of rabid critics. However, people who are twitter consumers generally enjoy using it, because they get to connect with media figures that they like and/or admire.

Regretfully dragging your feet as you announce that you can now be followed on twitter is like being at a con and giving a panel, then saying to the eager audience, “I hate doing these conventions!” It clashes with the whole point of the exercise, which is to connect with an audience and get people excited about your media.

Twitter makes me glad I’m not a content creator, because it has become a necessary tool, and I don’t think I’d enjoy using twitter at all. But saying so seems counterproductive. Starting off use of a tool to increase excitement / engagement / audience numbers with a wet blanket statement.

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By: changerofbits https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/8438#comment-13406 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 22:21:42 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/?p=8438#comment-13406 In reply to oolon.

It’s rather pathetic that they’re *still* going on about Atheism+, when one would have hoped they’d be over that by now and out “scoring chicks” or something with all that red-pill knowledge they’ve absorbed over the years. Anyway, glad to see you on there. I’m not very active for the some of the same reasons you avoided it, but thanks for flushing out a fresh set of obsessives that we can preemptively block (I’m old-school, like Popehat).

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By: polishsalami https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/8438#comment-13405 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 14:42:42 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/?p=8438#comment-13405 In reply to oolon.

It really is weird, as someone who is on Level 1 of the blockbot, to find that someone you have had no Interactions with has blocked you.

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By: polishsalami https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/8438#comment-13404 Wed, 23 Sep 2015 14:36:49 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/?p=8438#comment-13404 If you do start Tweeting sexy words, prepare for an inundation of pornbots!

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By: Jacob C https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/8438#comment-13403 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 20:00:24 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/?p=8438#comment-13403 Mazel Tov to Doc Carrier! Now all the religious warriors who hide behind their computers can blast Richard on Twitter!

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By: Brian Pansky https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/8438#comment-13402 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 16:55:04 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/?p=8438#comment-13402 In reply to Ronald J. Hyatt.

@”Ronald J. Hyatt”

Why are you trying to obviously invent stuff that isn’t there? Are you trying to make people think you have poor reading skills or an unbalanced obsessed mind? Also, I suspect you are not the famous Ron Jeremy, trolls often use famous names for some reason. I recommend getting a bit of therapy for your illogical decision to post that comment (and who knows how many others across the internet, along with anything similar you do in meatspace).

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By: Karim Ghantous https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/8438#comment-13401 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 09:38:52 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/?p=8438#comment-13401 There’s a kink community? Okee dokee.
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Me, I love Twitter. It’s pretty much the place to be for news, stuff you like and opinions which you don’t necessarily share. Someone can retweet something that you may not agree with but that’s a good thing for obvious reasons.
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It forces you to be concise. Some people don’t get concision. They need to waffle or to tell you their life story. Nope. None of that on Twitter. I say this a lot: some of Steve Jobs’ emails were precisely one word long.
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I hope you get to like Twitter. Some social networks I don’t like and I stay away from. But that’s another matter.

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By: Richard Carrier https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/8438#comment-13400 Sun, 20 Sep 2015 18:57:42 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/?p=8438#comment-13400 In reply to Ronald J. Hyatt.

Aw. I feel sorry for sad folk who can’t tell the difference between reality and fantasy. And who think the fun of sex is all about orgasms and not, actually, having fun.

Of course, I haven’t had sex with anyone while tweeting yet. As one could have told from my comment.

But as I said, if we did, we’d be giggling and having fun with it. Because that’s actually hot. I’ve debated philosophy with a lover while having sex with her. I’ve had lovers who have blown me while I try to answer comments on this blog. Or to prove they can do every standard sexual thing with a glass of wine in their hand without spilling it.

You, by contrast, evidently have no idea what fun sex can be. Or haven’t had lovers who do. And that’s just really, really sad. 🙂

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