You know I've had this idea of making a link blog several times now, and each and every time I end up abandoning it, realizing it to be a bad idea. Recently, after another such failed experiment, where I had this idea of creating a separate category for it here, I decided instead to create a Twitter account, just for that purpose, for posting links to stuff I find interesting.
Well, I didn't tell anybody about it. Never posted about it here. So I have 0 followers and am following 0 people. So this is what happened. I start putting up links, and before you know it, about three hours had passed. Okay, I realized I could end up wasting a lot of time doing this, and for what? Not only would this not be a very constructive use of my time, it also seems like it could encourage the development of obsessive compulsive disorder. And that's the last thing I need.
Then I noticed I had a comment on one of my posts. I had shared a link to a conspiracy theory documentary. And apparently the person left some comment criticizing it. So I pay a visit to to their profile and see that their entire Twitter page exists solely for the purpose of bashing and debunking the credibility of the subject of this conspiracy theory video I shared. I'm like, hmmm. That's weird, does this person work for the Ministry of Truth, or something?
They've got this Twitter account where they seem to spend all their time on it searching for other Twitter posts talking about or sharing links about this conspiracy theory in a positive light, ultimately so that they can leave a nasty comment, or incite some sort of argument about it, and then post about it on their own Twitter feed, about how stupid these people are for believing it.
I guess this is what they call a troll. Or a shill. Or a paid and sometimes unpaid disinformation agent, or possibly an automated robot employed on the payroll of the Ministry of Truth, Thought Police, and Agent Provocateurs, LLC, or something.
I'm like, I don't need this. I know that no matter how good you are at researching, fact checking, and debating, even if you are right there are some topics in which you are never going to win the argument. Especially if you are dealing with disinformation agents, whether they be real human beings, or automated robots, they are programmed in one direction only, and that's to destroy and to debunk, to discredit and to attack. That's all they do. They are not concerned with the truth. The truth is not even an element in their equation. So it's best to not even engage in a dialogue with them.
Yeah, Twitter has its place. Sometimes if there is some kind of an incident going on, like a natural disaster, it's often the only place you're going to find real time updates about it from actual people on the scene. But for the most part I find it to be an extremely toxic environment, not just because of the bots and the trolls, but because of the amount of time and energy a person can easily lose by getting sucked into it, it just doesn't seem worth it.
I also extremely dislike Elon Musk, you know who now owns Twitter.
I don't think he's a good guy at all. I may not be super intelligent, but what I am is super intuitive. That's my power. I know things. I may not be able to tell you exactly how or why, but you'll just have to trust me on this. And my intuition is telling me that this guy is up to something no good, something nefarious. Also, as someone who tests as an INTJ, I find it extremely annoying that this guy is often credited as being an INTJ, because I'm like there is no way this guy is an INTJ. This guy is a grifter, a front man for the NWO, and Twitter, rather than fueling a renaissance in free speech, is actually being repurposed to achieve the exact opposite of that. And I think it all starts with that blue check verification system.
He's trying to sell his blue check identity verification system to combat bots and troll armies. But I think what it's really about is controlling people, with more censorship, and getting more and more people to adopt a digital ID card, which will eventually lead to an all digital currency, and social credit scores, which probably at a later time will be completely integrated into Twitter itself.
You know being able to share information anonymously, to have a blog, or website, or even a Twitter page not publicly linked to your full name and date of birth and driver's license and social security number and where you live and where you work and who you are related to, makes it possible to share information that could otherwise potentially get you killed, get you fired, arrested, or evicted. You know mostly I'm talking about whistleblowers and journalists posting about sensitive topics, but it's also helpful in protecting the rights of regular people by maintaining the freedom to publicly criticize their governments, or to voice an opinion in which their government is trying to censor. If they do so on Twitter with a verified account, it would make it much easier for their government or authorities to track down exactly who they are and where they live and to take actions to shut them down.
So anyway that's what I think that blue check Twitter system is all about, about increasing censorship and control, and not about actually combating fake accounts. Especially since many of the bots and trolls are actually on the governments payroll, which probably is occurring in all major countries, including the U.S. Also, it's possible they would be able to figure out a way to game the system, anyway, and figure out a way to get blue checks for the bots.
It's kind of like what happens when they ban guns. It usually ends up only hurting the regular law abiding people. The criminals still figure out a way to get the guns. Do you think they care if guns are illegal? An entire black market exists to sell unregistered firearms to criminals. And regular people are left completely at the mercy of a typically underfunded and inept police force with no way to protect themselves.
So I don't have any faith in that system. And so anyway, although I will continue to read a few select Twitter feeds, I myself want no part of it, so there will be no Twitter for me. If I want to share a link, I'll just incorporate it into a regular post.