character limits stunt our ability to express, and subsequently our ability to recognize and utilize, nuance in argument
@earfolds i didn't mean character limits per se, i meant them as a stand-in for the general trend of microblogging and the habits many of us preserved (consciously or not) from environments like twitter
@earfolds i think you're missing the point
@earfolds you're fixating on specific parts of my thing - character limits, microblogging - when what i'm actually trying to talk about is the sensation that those things contribute to people on the internet apparently not knowing how to healthily approach complex issues (favoring instead laconic quotable stances that are often very extreme and harmfully general).
it isn't JUST a twitter or mastodon problem. im tryin to make an observation about the zeitgeist
@earfolds yes. i am aware. (i have, in fact, been around mastodon for a while and have seen a lot of these new developments as they've happened)
but we can't just force everyone onto those platforms, you have to fend for yourself to some extent; hence the other handful of posts in the thread. new tech ultimately can't solve social problems. that's up to people.
@earfolds probably i didn't go about it the right way