Comment by alganet
1 day ago
Oh shit, I wasn't expecting you to be serious about it.
Well, in that case, I need some sources. For example, I'm not convinced that people project on social media to the extent that you're implying they do. It's a statement that needs support (which you didn't provided).
I am confident that you are able to find those sources, then we'll be able to talk about it on a common ground!
You need sources for the fact that there are celebrity Twitter/Bluesky/Reddit accounts? You can easily find many of these, just some google searching is required. Not accounts owned by celebrities mind you (of which there are also many), pseudonymous accounts that have become celebrities over the years.
As for evidence for people actually miss old Twitter, sorry I can't prove to you I have friends who mention that multiple times a month. You can take it for what it is (someone sharing their experience) or you can assume that I'm making this up for the sake of a throwaway internet conversation. Your choice.
You said:
> People do project their general behaviour patterns on social media regardless of the form
I need sources (not examples!) that demonstrate that people project their general behavioral patterns on social media.
I also need sources (not examples!) that demonstrate that this projection remains the same regardless of the form (video, text, etc).
Your line of reasoning implies that Twitter was one of the means for people to do that, and the reach lost by the dissolution of Twitter communities exemplifies this projection mechanism. It's a fair assumption, but not enough to prove that *general* behavior was present in such interations, nor that it works *regardless of form*. So, there's a lot to prove.
If I were to guess, I would say the case is much more specific, and the generalization does not hold water.
Good luck.
You are interested in debating against the narrowest possible literal interpretation of a sentence while selectively removing surrounding context as it suits your argument. That's not the kind of conversation I'm interested in, sorry.
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