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Twitter is the WRONG platform for this type of information.

by sismoc 8y ago

ulfw 8y ago
100% agree. Came here to say exactly this. Great content which would a great blog or medium post rather than a real-time 280character stream.
- joegahona 8y ago
  I dunno. As weird as this format is, I'd prefer this to the typical article these days with autoplay video, janky slideshows, ads moving the content around, a pop-up begging you to subscribe to a newsletter, Outbrain/Taboola ads showing cracked toenails and butt implants, etc etc.
  - ulfw 8y ago
    That’s the other end of the extreme nastiness scale. True. I would certainly hope there is still a middle ground somewhere!
  - sweden 8y ago
    At some point in time, there was a middle ground between those two extremes: Wordpress, Blogspot and so on.
shawkinaw 8y ago
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1030830856720527360.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1030830856720527360.html
cecilpl2 8y ago
The best platform is the one where you have an audience. Twitter has the benefit of less friction - if it's on your feed you can read and get hooked on the story with no clicks. The reader funnel has one less step.
khazhoux 8y ago
You do you
- khazhoux 8y ago
  say that?
  - dang 8y ago
    Can you please not post unsubstantive comments to Hacker News?
sweden 8y ago
It certainly is. I can't possibly fathom what goes on people's minds that leads them to think Twitter is a great platform for information sharing. It makes me sad that humanity gave up blogging for tweeting. I can't think of a more unsuitable platform for making this kind of posts: it limits the number of characters, the UI is awful for continuity of posts, the webpage is really heavy since it loads much more content than the post itself and the platform treats unregistered users as if they didn't deserve to read the content.
- whatshisface 8y ago
  People use Twitter to write long blog posts because of one simple fact: the presence of people to read your writing is more valuable than any possibible combination of typesetting, CSS, and noninvasive ad placement.
  - sweden 8y ago
    It would work just as fine writing a blog post on an appropriate platform and then sharing the link through Twitter.

Twitter is the WRONG platform for this type of information.

by sismoc 8y ago

Twitter is the WRONG platform for this type of information.

ulfw 8y ago

100% agree. Came here to say exactly this. Great content which would a great blog or medium post rather than a real-time 280character stream.

joegahona 8y ago
I dunno. As weird as this format is, I'd prefer this to the typical article these days with autoplay video, janky slideshows, ads moving the content around, a pop-up begging you to subscribe to a newsletter, Outbrain/Taboola ads showing cracked toenails and butt implants, etc etc.
- ulfw 8y ago
  That’s the other end of the extreme nastiness scale. True. I would certainly hope there is still a middle ground somewhere!
- sweden 8y ago
  At some point in time, there was a middle ground between those two extremes: Wordpress, Blogspot and so on.

shawkinaw 8y ago

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1030830856720527360.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1030830856720527360.html

cecilpl2 8y ago

The best platform is the one where you have an audience. Twitter has the benefit of less friction - if it's on your feed you can read and get hooked on the story with no clicks. The reader funnel has one less step.

khazhoux 8y ago

You do you

khazhoux 8y ago
say that?
- dang 8y ago
  Can you please not post unsubstantive comments to Hacker News?

sweden 8y ago

It certainly is. I can't possibly fathom what goes on people's minds that leads them to think Twitter is a great platform for information sharing. It makes me sad that humanity gave up blogging for tweeting. I can't think of a more unsuitable platform for making this kind of posts: it limits the number of characters, the UI is awful for continuity of posts, the webpage is really heavy since it loads much more content than the post itself and the platform treats unregistered users as if they didn't deserve to read the content.

whatshisface 8y ago
People use Twitter to write long blog posts because of one simple fact: the presence of people to read your writing is more valuable than any possibible combination of typesetting, CSS, and noninvasive ad placement.
- sweden 8y ago
  It would work just as fine writing a blog post on an appropriate platform and then sharing the link through Twitter.