This is the formalization of the concept “left hand whuffy” from Charlie Stross’s “down and out in the magic kingdom”, 2003. When people who usually disagree with people like you actually agree with you or like what you’ve said, that’s special and deserves attention. I’ve always wanted to see it implemented. I don’t usually tweet but I’ll have to look at this.
Good catch. I’d genuinely misremembered. I lump the two together, but generally far prefer Stross as a storyteller, even though Doctorow’s futurism is also first-rate, in a different dimension. I found the story in Down and Out to be Stross-quality.
That sort of good idea for a social network improvement is definitely signature Doctorow, though.
This is the formalization of the concept “left hand whuffy” from Charlie Stross’s “down and out in the magic kingdom”, 2003. When people who usually disagree with people like you actually agree with you or like what you’ve said, that’s special and deserves attention. I’ve always wanted to see it implemented. I don’t usually tweet but I’ll have to look at this.
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom was by Cory Doctorow, not Stross.
Good catch. I’d genuinely misremembered. I lump the two together, but generally far prefer Stross as a storyteller, even though Doctorow’s futurism is also first-rate, in a different dimension. I found the story in Down and Out to be Stross-quality.
That sort of good idea for a social network improvement is definitely signature Doctorow, though.