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We are not ourselves on social media

Jason Toney: I Hate The Way We Talk Online

What I got instead were weirdly defensive or hostile replies that seemed to take my innocuous question as an invitation to debate the merits of charts including conspiracy theories about their purpose. Others merely wanted to pat themselves on the back for having edgy tastes.

100% agreed. We genuinely are not ourselves on social media.

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