For example I post “Outside of medical need, I wish people would stop bringing food into the town library because it causes ants which is why it’s against the rules.”
And I get replies like
- I’m being insensitive because some people have a medical need to have food with them
- Who am I to say what people should do in the library?
- A rant about libraries in general
- A love letter to libraries
- No discussion of food v ants
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Social media posts are directional. People come on and decide they want to pull the discourse toward their desired outcomes, and that’s best accomplished when you’re posting slightly off-topic – centering your views for an audience that is likely to be amenable. That, as a result, drives off all the people who actually want to discuss the topic at hand, and here we are.
It is a lot harder to understand where people are coming from regarding the Internet. Part of that includes people not reading and processing the whole text as written.
the issue is most people just emotionally react.
there is no processing or reading involved.
Some people are looking for an argument. Some people hear something tangentially related to something they have strong opinions about so they shoehorn it in. Some people don’t like being questioned/fact checked and don’t have the emotional maturity to handle it gracefully. People are a mixed bag, heh.
Short answer, people are stupid assholes.
Long answer, because nuance is a skill that you have to learn, and we live in a society that doesn’t value it and basically hates it. Nuance has no place in 15 second video clips, that THE dominant form of media consumption for younger people.
The only place I find nuace is in long-form media. But most folks don’t consume it anymore, so it’s not a part of their life anymore.
The loss of long-form discourse is so noticeable in people’s interactions! In particular online, where everything is parceled and broken down to minimal length
If I can’t chant it in four words or less, I don’t need to know it!
Up to 10 words if it rhymes!
