I really try to hang out in more nuanced modes of rhetoric but: Don’t amplify psychological terrorism by repeating it in social media posts condemning it. Stop.

When you do this, no matter your intent, you are helping the worst people by repeatedly exposing the intended targets to the terrorizing messages.

Yes, hate campaigns need to be discussed. Not by amplifying the messages themselves across networks rich in their targets.

Terrified people getting constantly re-terrified can’t think clearly. We all need to be thinking as clearly as we can. This was true in 2016 and during the early-pandemic info vacuum and it’s true now.

@kissane

Hi! Twitter refugee here- any recommendation on building a good feed for legitimate real time news reporting?

@stoicbeast @kissane Unlike Twitter, the feed, here, is time-based and you'll only see posts from the accounts you follow and their boosts (retweets). If you want news you'll need to follow news accounts that you trust. I think Propublica, 404 Media, NPR, and Texas Observer are all here.

Oops! Forgot to mention that you can follow hashtags, too.