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 Free vs. common
 2018.07.05 20:58:11 CEST
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 I've spent the majority of the previous weeks on vacation and
 consequently offline most of the time. This meant being away from
 the little social network presence I still keep and the IM apps I
 use (Telegram, Wire, Slack, Whatsapp etc.).

 When I came back, I spent some time catching up with recent topics
 Because I'm attending Gophercon in Brazil, I also got notification
 for messages in my almost defunct Twitter account - so I checked
 Twitter out (after many months).

 This little contact I had with the "social" internet opened my eye
 to how anti-social it really is. People are talking at or over eac
 other. Almost no conversations, just posturing and virtue signalin
 When people do appear to agree on a controversial topic, the
 positive feedback virtue signaling is obvious. When they disagree,
 cursing and personal attacks.

 I am a free speech extremist - I believe very little, almost no
 restriction should be imposed on speech. But I do think it
 should be valued and well planned. By giving everyone a podium,
 public speech became common and it's value diminished.

 All this antisocial behavior made me less prone to go back and
 use these products again. Am I missing something? Are there valuab
 and/or intelligent posts? Sure. Unfortunately, I'm not sure it's
 worth the cost anymore.