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minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoYou can speak to tens of thousands easily enough if you have the platform for it. But you can’t Iisten to tens of thousands. There is no real conversation going on there.
minus-squarekrashmo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoSure, and that’s exactly the distinction I’m drawing. This person is presenting themselves as if they’ve conversed with that many people and there’s just no way that’s possible unless you use that term very loosely.
You can speak to tens of thousands easily enough if you have the platform for it.
But you can’t Iisten to tens of thousands. There is no real conversation going on there.
Sure, and that’s exactly the distinction I’m drawing. This person is presenting themselves as if they’ve conversed with that many people and there’s just no way that’s possible unless you use that term very loosely.