💬 practice good reply game - @visakanv's blog
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There is an art to replying and commenting, and probably like 60-70% of people I’ve seen on the internet fail […]
There is an art to replying and commenting, and probably like 60-70% of people I’ve seen on the internet fail at it. The important thing is not to speak your mind, but to “support” the OP. You can support them by disagreeing well & you can “mis-support” them by agreeing stupidly. Every “utterance” (status, tweet, whatever) is a bit of an invitation, a bit of a proposal. “Let’s play this game”. When strangers read the proposal accurately, and support the game, a shared understanding develops. You can make friends this way. Some people deliberately choose to ignore, misread, disregard or…
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