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Am I the only one that hates reading what's essentially a full-fledged story via tweet-sized chunks that are smashed together? I get that Twitter is great for

Am I the only one that hates reading what's essentially a full-fledged story via tweet-sized chunks that are smashed together? I get that Twitter is great for blasting small pieces of content into the world, but stitching tweets together into a a news story creates zero cohesion because Twitter doesn't allow users to write with form in mind.

briandear 8y ago
It's horrible. It's literally unreadable. The first "sentence": > that's interesting news: Aleksandr Kogan refused to be interviewed by ICO Commissioner Denham's investigation. Yes, same Kogan who allegedly with his equal partner, Joseph Chancellor, harvested 80+ million Facebook records and sold tens of millions to SCL/Cambridge Analytica. What's the ICO Commissioner's investigation? What's the ICO? Obviously I have the Google available to search, but this "Twitter as Journalism" needs to stop.
- robjan 8y ago
  In the UK, where this tweetstorm was targeted, the ICO is well known - just like in the USA it is commonly understood what the IRS is.
iscrewyou 8y ago
I was so very confused! It seems like the website gathers all the tweets and turns them into an article. I was confused why the starting of the article was so odd. It’s ok to share information through twitter but don’t write an article out of the tweets please.
throwaway5752 8y ago
No, but it seems slightly ridiculous to complain about cosmetic things, given the message behind the structure of the piece.
- Kurtz79 8y ago
  I'm almost not able to parse it at all. An article or even a blog post usually aims to prove a point, and it is structured to introduce the issue, make the author's point and give some conclusions. In this case the effort is all on part of the reader, to piece togheter what is the actual point being made, it's really not a "cosmetic thing".
  - throwaway5752 8y ago
    https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1059758943474454528 https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1059758943474454528
BuildTheRobots 8y ago
I found it very hard to read - especially as they seem to have made scrolling slower. On the flip side, I am thankful every paragraph links to the original tweet.
- seapunk 8y ago
  Hi, creator of Threader here, can you tell me on what device/config you have the scroll issue?

briandear 8y ago

It's horrible. It's literally unreadable. The first "sentence": > that's interesting news: Aleksandr Kogan refused to be interviewed by ICO Commissioner Denham's investigation. Yes, same Kogan who allegedly with his equal partner, Joseph Chancellor, harvested 80+ million Facebook records and sold tens of millions to SCL/Cambridge Analytica. What's the ICO Commissioner's investigation? What's the ICO? Obviously I have the Google available to search, but this "Twitter as Journalism" needs to stop.

robjan 8y ago
In the UK, where this tweetstorm was targeted, the ICO is well known - just like in the USA it is commonly understood what the IRS is.

iscrewyou 8y ago

I was so very confused! It seems like the website gathers all the tweets and turns them into an article. I was confused why the starting of the article was so odd. It’s ok to share information through twitter but don’t write an article out of the tweets please.

throwaway5752 8y ago

No, but it seems slightly ridiculous to complain about cosmetic things, given the message behind the structure of the piece.

Kurtz79 8y ago
I'm almost not able to parse it at all. An article or even a blog post usually aims to prove a point, and it is structured to introduce the issue, make the author's point and give some conclusions. In this case the effort is all on part of the reader, to piece togheter what is the actual point being made, it's really not a "cosmetic thing".
- throwaway5752 8y ago
  https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1059758943474454528 https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1059758943474454528

BuildTheRobots 8y ago

I found it very hard to read - especially as they seem to have made scrolling slower. On the flip side, I am thankful every paragraph links to the original tweet.

seapunk 8y ago
Hi, creator of Threader here, can you tell me on what device/config you have the scroll issue?