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cwkoss on Aug 24, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Twitter starts to require login to view tweets

Are Twitter, Facebook and Reddit meaningfully different in this regard?

I think they have different affinities to different demographics, but the toxic behavior is quite similar among all of them.

Is there something about Twitter in particular that makes it particularly toxic, or is it inherent to platforms where people compete for attention in the public square?

yosame on Aug 26, 2021 [–]

I'd argue that the lack of characters per tweet is what makes Twitter so toxic, since it essentially destroys the ability to convey nuance.

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