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I'm not a fan of this essay type thing being on twitter, split into lots of little tweets.

antome 7y ago
Twitter seems to be in this weird space where they have enough usability positives over other social media (pretty broadly accessible, doesn't pester you to log in, you can post NSFW content without it getting taken down) that I guess people just force themselves to use it, even if a blog post would be better formatted.
- acdha 7y ago
  I think it’s the combination of feeling easy to do (both UI & not feeling pressure to write a formal essay) and getting immediate feedback. For most people blogging is mostly solitary in comparison.
- jimbo1qaz 7y ago
  Twitter does pester you to log in when scrolling down someone's profile, I think. Maybe it was on mobile.
seapunk 7y ago
Already mentioned here before: https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1066547670477488128 https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1066547670477488128
- oconnor663 7y ago
  It's like every time anyone writes anything about CockroachDB, the top comment has to be "yeah but the name tho..."
  - lallysingh 7y ago
    They should change the name! It's a terrible name and it's cost them an inestimable amount of users.
    - jchanimal 7y ago
      They should change the name to “Clockroach” considering they lose correctness guarantees when the clock drifts beyond a preconfigured uncertainty window.
    - laresistance 7y ago
      They who place shallow attributes above merit, deserve neither.
      - lallysingh 7y ago
        If they gave it a stupid name, why would they be any smarter in the development of the system itself? The name clearly indicates a lack of wisdom. First impressions matter.
        laresistance 7y ago
        First impressions matter mostly to those who are influenced by them. Many scams have been successful because of exactly that. A stupid name might do well on search engines for example (as in, those names could be easily searched) Furthermore I don't really consider the name to be stupid. I don't quite really know of many other ways of succinctly highlighting resilience as a property in a name.
tomxor 7y ago
Neither do I, but the content is interesting, lets not let preferred form detract from the discussion.
mikeash 7y ago
For me, it just shows up as a bunch of text, approximately divided into paragraphs, with images interspersed, which I can scroll through. Is it different for you?

Twitter seems to be in this weird space where they have enough usability positives over other social media (pretty broadly accessible, doesn't pester you to log in, you can post NSFW content without it getting taken down) that I guess people just force themselves to use it, even if a blog post would be better formatted.

acdha 7y ago
I think it’s the combination of feeling easy to do (both UI & not feeling pressure to write a formal essay) and getting immediate feedback. For most people blogging is mostly solitary in comparison.
jimbo1qaz 7y ago
Twitter does pester you to log in when scrolling down someone's profile, I think. Maybe it was on mobile.

seapunk 7y ago

Already mentioned here before: https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1066547670477488128 https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1066547670477488128

oconnor663 7y ago
It's like every time anyone writes anything about CockroachDB, the top comment has to be "yeah but the name tho..."
- lallysingh 7y ago
  They should change the name! It's a terrible name and it's cost them an inestimable amount of users.
  - jchanimal 7y ago
    They should change the name to “Clockroach” considering they lose correctness guarantees when the clock drifts beyond a preconfigured uncertainty window.
  - laresistance 7y ago
    They who place shallow attributes above merit, deserve neither.
    - lallysingh 7y ago
      If they gave it a stupid name, why would they be any smarter in the development of the system itself? The name clearly indicates a lack of wisdom. First impressions matter.
      - laresistance 7y ago
        First impressions matter mostly to those who are influenced by them. Many scams have been successful because of exactly that. A stupid name might do well on search engines for example (as in, those names could be easily searched) Furthermore I don't really consider the name to be stupid. I don't quite really know of many other ways of succinctly highlighting resilience as a property in a name.

tomxor 7y ago

Neither do I, but the content is interesting, lets not let preferred form detract from the discussion.

mikeash 7y ago

For me, it just shows up as a bunch of text, approximately divided into paragraphs, with images interspersed, which I can scroll through. Is it different for you?