Thank you for your work. I am often amazed by the effort you pour in your regular posting, and I see you as among the highest value contributors to LW.
Two minor nitpicks:
As opposed to, as Solana states here, saying ‘e/acc is not a cult [....] technologically progressive meme.’
Maybe format this part like other quotations? I was confused for a second there.
Memes do not declare anyone who disagrees with them on anything as enemies, who they continuously attack ad hominem, describe as being in cults and demand everyone treat as criminals. Memes do not demand people declare which side people are on. Memes do not put badges of loyalty into their bios. Memes do not write multiple manifestos. Memes do not have, as Roon observes, persecution complexes.
Meh. Groups of people sharing a common meme certainly do all these things. I see little point in arguing the precise semantics of “movement” and I do not particularly think Solana’s message is honest. But I would like to register that I don’t see any intrisic contradiction in “X is a rare meme that turns those who integrate it to their thinking into rude unthinking fanatics, but it did not create a movement yet”.
Thank you for your work. I am often amazed by the effort you pour in your regular posting, and I see you as among the highest value contributors to LW.
Two minor nitpicks:
Maybe format this part like other quotations? I was confused for a second there.
Meh. Groups of people sharing a common meme certainly do all these things. I see little point in arguing the precise semantics of “movement” and I do not particularly think Solana’s message is honest. But I would like to register that I don’t see any intrisic contradiction in “X is a rare meme that turns those who integrate it to their thinking into rude unthinking fanatics, but it did not create a movement yet”.