We want to see ourselves as curious and open-minded and smart and understanding things in terms of context and nuance, but when someone tries to do that in the midst of a shaming they're turned on.
Jon RonsonBut on the extremist side I didn't get any rejections at all. Everyone agreed to talk to me.
Jon RonsonSomebody told me, โTwitter hates tabloids, but Twitter is constantly acting like a tabloid, repeating the mistakes of the things weโre hoping to better.โ Twitter wanted to become a more egalitarian justice system, but instead it became a draconian one.
Jon RonsonMy ideal world was the early days of Twitter, where everyone was curious about each other and everyone saw it as kind of a window into people's lives where we could be compassionate and curious and empathetic and we could tell each other secrets.
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