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↪ Replying to @JesperBylund

@JesperBylund @snopes Agree about separating facts and morals. In that wording I meant that 'fact-based' _sounds_ like the moral path.

I like your reference to perspective-based. I'm closing in on connotations like honest, transparent and reflective. These make more sense.

@JesperBylund @snopes Also, this conversation reminds me why I fell in love with social media back in the day. The possibility for conversation around posts.

I feel like the conversations are drowning but I should be more intent on nurturing them.

🔗 Originally posted on Twitter

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↪ Replying to @JesperBylund

@JesperBylund @snopes Agree. This is a good thing. As an example, advertisers pulling out of FB for some reason:

* They are acting on moral values.
* They found a perfect time for "ethics-washing" because nobody is buying anything now and ads make no sense.
* Peer pressure.

These are the narratives.

@JesperBylund @snopes For me then, fact-based reporting would be based on the fact that advertisers are pulling out, but also be open to the many reasons this is happening. Or at least reporting company statements as narratives and not as truth. I see different journos do this better or worse.

@JesperBylund @snopes But yes, stating any of the narratives as fact would be wrong. As would be not following up on whether they actually do pull out.

🔗 Originally posted on Twitter

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First imagine how easy it would be for misinformation to spread without FB and Twitter.

Then imagine how easy it would be for fact-based reporting to spread without FB and Twitter.

It's of course not as easy as that, but I found it an interesting thought experiment.

My reflections around this always end up in reasonings around friction.

We need friction. Friction makes us think. Friction helps us question our choices, so that we may make better ones.

But right now many are drowning in passivity, egotism, and pleasure. In a sea of irrelevance.

Huxley likely had it more right than Orwell.

But no, we're not all the way there yet.

highexistence.com/amusing-oursel…

🔗 Originally posted on Twitter

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Last week I stumbled on one of my Twitter conversations from 4 years ago. I had misunderstood the OP's question. When called on it by someone else, I insisted my response was valid.

It wasn't.

It hurts when you see yourself being the douche you hate. Acknowledging is healing.

It wasn't a big thing - someone asking for recommendations and me misunderstanding the qualifying variables. And people likely just dropped it, seeing that I was confused in the moment. But that was my power in play... and unfair. I can feel my eyes rolling, then, and now 🙄.

🔗 Originally posted on Twitter