I don't think it is quite that, I think there's something abt the scale & anonymity where ppl being horrid is just kinda a them problem... but it does shift my priors in a cynical direction 🤷♀️
the bad thing is that if I don't have a clearly positive individual impression of an account my default assumption is pretty negative
and is probably a subconscious factor wrt vibecamp- a lot of accounts in that vague middle ground where I wasn't thrilled at the thought of meeting them
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Tweet · Dec 21, 2023if ppl have to think poorly of you, which impression would you prefer they have?Reply · Jul 1, 2023@deepfates it neatly matches everyone's egotistical priors that they're part of the cool crowd, beset by "sociopathic" evildoers and loser MOPsReply · Sep 28, 2023@s9chroma oh yeah it definitely does skew positive... for what I was doing that was just as well - being able to show ppl their own profiles without…Reply · Aug 3, 2023@tenobrus this is when reputational priors come into play.... if they're respected by others I respect, if they've said stuff that makes good sense in…