@buster Singing. Making friends in rooms full ...

@buster Singing. Making friends in rooms full of strangers.

@abrams As @benbrown said, it's about contextual ...

@abrams As @benbrown said, it's about contextual information and loss of friction. If command line is an analogy at all, think piping.

@ryanlawler And - crucially - why does ...

@ryanlawler And - crucially - why does everything freaking shut at 10pm?

@holden Totally in-scope, actually! I wish I'd ...

@holden Totally in-scope, actually! I wish I'd gone to YearlyKos.

So here's another one: "trying to build ...

So here's another one: "trying to build a business with an open source platform for individuals is a stupid waste of time and money".

@mapkyca Those ideas have been challenged for ...

@mapkyca Those ideas have been challenged for centuries. Further debate doesn't add anything except sunlight to his platform.

@mapkyca Which is what's happening here, because ...

@mapkyca Which is what's happening here, because many, many people did exactly that.

@mapkyca So I'm okay with saying I ...

@mapkyca So I'm okay with saying I won't go somewhere that gives a platform to a man who believes the Jews are conspiring to run the world.

@mapkyca And in response to that, it's ...

@mapkyca And in response to that, it's perfectly reasonable to say "I'm not coming to your conference".

@mapkyca I agree with that. Here the ...

@mapkyca I agree with that. Here the contortions are blatantly because the organizers sympathize. It's farcical.

@mapkyca Words can be violence too. Private ...

@mapkyca Words can be violence too. Private spaces don't need to allow all viewpoints, and actual Nazism isn't just another opinion.

@mapkyca Not sure I agree; I feel ...

@mapkyca Not sure I agree; I feel comfortable with the idea of not letting white supremacists speak at events with diverse audiences.