A lot of the math that I do, it's not sort of premeditated. I talk online or with a colleague, and I get interested, and I just follow where it leads.
The country would be a lot better off if we stopped having comment sections. And if we got rid of Twitter.
I try not to read blogs. The comments are extremely harsh.
I like to build places online where readers can have productive conversations about books.
I love Twitter. Here, I get pieces of information quickly, and I also get myriad viewpoints rather than a one-sided view from a particular newspaper. Here, I have got a topic and 11 viewpoints, and I can judge for myself.
4chan is a framework of pictures and text. I've always been extremely hands-off with dictating what gets posted, past general categories and rules. I support providing a place to discuss anything, although I don't agree with everything that's posted.
I do a little Reddit, yeah! I pop in every now and again.
For all its shortcomings, Wikipedia does have strong governance and deliberative mechanisms; anyone who has ever followed discussions on Wikipedia's mailing lists will confirm that its moderators and administrators openly discuss controversial issues on a regular basis.
Why should Congresspeople have to visit D.C.? Thanks to Skype, meetings are possible across the country. Thanks to email, communications are simple. And we've had the technology to vote from afar for decades. Why should we have backroom deals made over cigars thousands of miles distant from those who are affected by those deals?
I always liked popping up in a place, inviting my fans out, and then having a discourse with them in person. That's what I try to do with 'The Needle Drop,' even though it's difficult to have a two-way conversation.
I've never been to the websites. It's a lot healthier for me to keep out of the conversations about me.
I'm having a lot of fun on Twitter, tweeting about books.
When it comes to social media tea, I recommend that you take it offline. Keep your comments at Happy Hour.
Forget the Bible, the greatest argument against human evolution is a YouTube comment thread.
Lately I've been feeling like 50 percent of the great content I read comes from Twitter conversations.
There is a growing awareness among brands that in order to participate in conversations that are taking place across social networks, they must join these discussions on the basis of something that is meaningful to their customers.
No one has debates on Twitter.
I spend a lot of time on forums, and they drive me crazy.
I try to stay away from all the blogs and messages boards.
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I mean, you go to the internet and you can see all these conversations and arguments that our fans have about our music and that's wonderful to know, that people would take the time to be that involved.
