[ SECRET POST #3486 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3486 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Maya Rudolph & Martin Short]


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[Hamilton/South Park]


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[John Spencer]


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[Sliders]


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[Daniel Radcliffe]


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[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]


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[Dune]


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[Assassin's Creed Syndicate]


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[Mulberry]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 28 secrets from Secret Submission Post #498.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: Question about Tumblr

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not trying to 'gotcha' you or anything! That's why I asked it as a question.

Where I'm coming from is that you said that the ways in which it's not usefully communicative (echo chamberness) is also one of the drivers of its popularity, because it makes people feel comfortable and safe.

So that would suggest that - at least for some populations / users / uses - there's a tension between those two basic goals: making it less of an echo chamber would make it less comfortable and safe and therefore less appealing. Obviously that tension doesn't exist for all circumstances. For the Facebook use cases, it doesn't exist¹. But at least for some use cases, a tradeoff between those functions does exist. And the reason that Tumblr is popular with fandom is because it's less communicative and more comfortable and safe - for the things that fandom wants out of a service, Tumblr is better at delivering them. Which obviously is a problem if you're trying to think about alternate places for fandom to exist that would be better for communication.

Does that make sense, or do you think that I'm totally off base?

(1) I should note that I'm a little skeptical that Facebook actually is much less echo-chambery than Tumblr, but I'll grant the point, it's not really relevant.

Re: Question about Tumblr

[(Anonymous)]

I think you're off base because you don't need an echo chamber in order to feel safe. You need active, responsive staff who make people follow rules. A platform that does not facilitate any conversation at all can lead to the same result but it's not the method we have to follow especially as we give up all the benefits of open civil discussion in order to have that. Does that make more sense?