Aye. That’s the idea. Even if we’re part of some weakly emergent system and hence exempt from what we normally ascribe to moral imperative, agency or personal accountability (to wit: it’s not technically immoral to just exist and have an account on Twitter, as opposed to just existing and using it as a platform to actively spread hate), tacit participation in it does mean you are part of the structure. Absent any human users, twitter is (even more) valueless.
Revisiting the ‘substrate’ analogy: I used to keep freshwater fish. Twitter/it’s mob reminds me of a poorly maintained undergravel filter; full of poop, and lots of toxins leeching into the water.
I take it as they’re saying, “you’re part of a framework that prevents the foundation of good things from being.”
Aye. That’s the idea. Even if we’re part of some weakly emergent system and hence exempt from what we normally ascribe to moral imperative, agency or personal accountability (to wit: it’s not technically immoral to just exist and have an account on Twitter, as opposed to just existing and using it as a platform to actively spread hate), tacit participation in it does mean you are part of the structure. Absent any human users, twitter is (even more) valueless.
Revisiting the ‘substrate’ analogy: I used to keep freshwater fish. Twitter/it’s mob reminds me of a poorly maintained undergravel filter; full of poop, and lots of toxins leeching into the water.