Personal policy: don't jump into heated threads
Life tipsStay out of flame-war threads
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I don't buy by personal policy. I don't I just try never to get involved in those threads. I just, I just want to hear them. I just want to see them play themselves out.
Episode 198: Domain Experts (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:35:10 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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As a personal policy, Dave stays out of heated social-media 'hell threads' (like the one on paywalls on podcastindex.social). Adding to them doesn't help, so he reads and lets them play out, then shares his thoughts in a calmer setting such as the show.
Not in the audio. The 'adding to it doesn't really help' reasoning is from Dave's next turn at 00:35:31.