tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post5540467838807716853..comments2017-12-04T16:51:43.265-05:00Comments on Curmudgeon: Things We're Going to Need You To Stop Saying, part 5Curmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04323026187622872114noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-40304455991031141802017-05-14T16:04:41.592-04:002017-05-14T16:04:41.592-04:00I&#39;ve been trying to put my thoughts down about...I&#39;ve been trying to put my thoughts down about this for a few minutes and I keep deleting, so forgive me if this version is still a bit unfocussed and disconnected...<br />A big slogan says to me that the discussion is over -- you don&#39;t need to think any more because the problem is solved. A big slogan makes you feel a lot more than it makes you think -- you feel guilty about your own practice, or gratified about it. A big slogan seems to me to invite argument more than discussion.<br />If we want to promote food for consideration, perhaps we do need to point to other places where you can read about nuances, rather than simply share memes. If we want to think with people on Twitter, then maybe we need to share things with a more open and wondering turn of phrase. <br />The maths puzzle of mine that got the most response was one where I started with &quot;I wonder...&quot; rather than &quot;Find...&quot;. &quot;I wonder&quot; said maybe there&#39;s an answer or maybe there isn&#39;t, but invited people to discuss and try. &quot;Find&quot; says there is an answer and invites people to give it. Perhaps a similar thing can happen with teaching sorts of things.David K Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02351781945972297201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-58411456987924039102017-05-14T14:18:56.922-04:002017-05-14T14:18:56.922-04:00I&#39;ve been taking a bit step back from Twitter ...I&#39;ve been taking a bit step back from Twitter lately, and it feels great. To make it happen, I had to figure out 2 things in my Twitter workflow.<br /><br />(1) You can set Twitter to notify you anytime you&#39;re included in a tweet or DM-ed. That keeps me off of the service, because I can know who is contacting me and either contact them via email or sign in for just a moment to reply.<br /><br />(2) To discover blogs, I turned the MTBoS_Blogbot twitter account into an RSS feed, and subscribed to it in my RSS reader. It&#39;s a pretty good selection of MTBoS blogs. (I also check in on some of my favorite twitter accounts when I&#39;m signed out of Twitter, which keeps me up on things I care about being up on.)<br /><br />I&#39;ve been commenting on blogs a lot more as a result (hey guys!) and that&#39;s been a lot more fun for me, too. I would never tell people not to use Twitter...but if like me you sort of hate Twitter, it&#39;s possible to engage in MTBoS without it.Michael Pershanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046644130957574890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-17592939905990406392017-05-14T14:10:23.954-04:002017-05-14T14:10:23.954-04:00Twitter used to point me to blogs - that&#39;s why...Twitter used to point me to blogs - that&#39;s why I loved it. I have to be very careful now on Twitter - because if I&#39;m not - I can be made to feel so incompetent. I still find the blogs - thank goodness - but it&#39;s usually after mucking through all the rest. I would be lost without #mtbos - but now sometimes I&#39;m lost because of #mtbos. Megan Heinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00080751262815391029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-33687710089676926572017-05-14T13:38:08.463-04:002017-05-14T13:38:08.463-04:00I see what you mean. But are there costs to using ...I see what you mean. But are there costs to using big, blanket slogans to provoke thought? What other ways are there of provoking thought that don&#39;t risk marginalizing others?Michael Pershanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046644130957574890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-26152936169498122502017-05-14T13:29:31.322-04:002017-05-14T13:29:31.322-04:00But can&#39;t such statements provoke thought? I g...But can&#39;t such statements provoke thought? I generally don&#39;t read them as inflexible rules, but food for consideration.Samantha Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04766912213177392173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705078887057341738.post-67134584724928379932017-05-14T13:02:34.593-04:002017-05-14T13:02:34.593-04:00Thanks for raising this point. I sometimes think ...Thanks for raising this point.<br /><br />I sometimes think that Twitter makes these sorts of broadsides easier to make and share, and Twitter&#39;s algorithms stick these highly shared broadsides right under our noses.<br /><br />There is a tremendous amount of friction involved in using Twitter, but distancing yourself from those who make broadsides. <br /><br />The only solution I see is for those who dislike false dichotomies to take a very significant step away from Twitter and back to blogs.Michael Pershanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046644130957574890noreply@blogger.com
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