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It's impossible to have HN-like discussions if platform targets general population

But what about just dialing down the personal attacks? I mean, it's hard to engage with twitter as part of general population when folks are immediately in destroyer mode.

Couldn't twitter just have a flag for personnel attacks. Or is it considered good that these attacks happen there - plenty I'm sure are potentially supported by a bit more than the one linked from HN. But either way hard to engage with from the outside.

Twitter's business model relies on it being toxic. Controversy and drama generate "engagement", so they have no reason to change. This isn't specific to Twitter even, any ad-supported social platform has this problem and which is why advertising should be considered a cancer.

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