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Bob's avatar

I should also point out that the amount of mockery you see on twitter to a great extent depends on who you follow. Half the people I follow are entomologists who post pictures of cool moths. I highly recommend Moth Twitter.

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Mike Hind's avatar

I joined in 2009 & it was asymmetric, quirky & cool. I quit in September last year when I realised that @MikeH_PR, with his blue tick & great followers-to-following ratio, was the worst version of me. A total asswipe, hellbent on causing friction and 'owning' people.

Among my many theories of Twitter is that it's creepily like school cliques. Aside from in the specialist backwaters for niche subjects, most users seem to be copying the 'elite' users (the popular kids) to get into the gang.

Twitter is what society would be like if everyone was always 13.

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