Today I saw two posts on Google+ I found interesting. In the first, Rob said that he would like to finance a zine in order to get all the news but not “the Internet”. I said that back when we all just had websites and used ftp to post new stuff the Internet was a peaceful place! 😄
I wonder about browser extension that hides all the comments, everywhere. I think those are the source of all grief. Yes, it’s sad! I know of the Herp Derp extension for YouTube. I’m sure there are others!
Herp Derp extension for YouTube
In another post, people were discussing how we react to provocative posts by others. What if they disabled comments? Are we happy because it saves us from wasting our energy? Are we incensed because the medium implies that we’ll only post what we’re also willing to discuss? That’s certainly how I feel! For myself, this is my daily Google+ challenge: not to post any political stuff. For if I did, I wouldn’t want to read the counterpoints. I still feel the need to rant, though! What to do? Because I also hate posts where I cannot comment, I don’t want to post and disable comments. My solution is to keep the political stuff on Twitter. There, I retweet a lot. Or I’ll write a few well chosen words, add a link and post it. If I’m interested in reading the opinions of others, I can follow them on Twitter and read the stuff they link to. Perfect! I remember people saying that 140 characters was not enough. But now I’m seeing that on G+, having more characters doesn’t improve the experience of politics and religion.
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