nuance

I've been on Twitter since 2007. And I love it! In recent years, I've met most of my friends and collaborators there. Hell, I've met most of the people I've dated through there.

But I can tell U one thing I don't like about Twitter: having conversations. Which is ironic, given that I love having conversations. Meaningful, deep conversations are one of my great joys in life.

"people are sacred, conversations are worship"

It's also ironic, given that Twitter is, in some ways, one of the best public forums out there. Most everybody has a Twitter account. 

But typically, I don't actually enjoy having conversations there. For me, the hallmark of a good Twitter conversation is that I want to take it off Twitter. I want to move into a more private setting, like the DM's, or a Zoom call, or ideally an in-person conversation. Those are all far better mediums than Twitter for a detailed, nuanced, meaningful conversation.

I think it's not so good for good conversations because it's in public. Anybody can butt in and express their opinion, or object. But I'm not interested in just anybody's opinions or objections. I want to have conversations with specific people.

On top of that, the fact that historically, there's been a character limit limits the degree of nuance that's possible. 

That's part of why I'm so excited by this platform, and the possibility of writing here. A platform explicitly built for nuance means that we have a hope of having the kinds of conversations I love having, am nourished by, in a digital setting. Like the golden ages of the phpBB forums of old, but in 2025.

So here's to UpTrust. I'm excited to see what I end up writing here. And I'm excited to see who resonates, and what kinds of conversations we can have together.