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Another annoying trait of padded out news stories: "President Trump tweeted today that '...[full quote of tweet]...'" then inevitably followed by a screenshot
by joosters 6y ago
Another annoying trait of padded out news stories:
"President Trump tweeted today that '...[full quote of tweet]...'" then inevitably followed by a screenshot (or two!) of the tweet, often together with a caption that repeats the whole tweet again.
Why does every news article about a tweet have to include a screenshot of the tweet, when you quoted the whole damn thing in the main story? These pictures don't paint a thousand words...
- basch 6y agoIf I had to guess, its a combination of 1) people skimming are looking for the twitter UI 2) a backup in case the tweet gets removed 3) embedded tweets can break in browsers with issues or javascript disabled 4) both text and screenshot combined are best for accessibility and screen readers and translation I think the best case solution is a server side service that archives the tweet and renders it directly into the html, not as an embed, that then gracefully overlays the embed over, so you can see accurate retweets and hearts, but will degrade back to just showing the content as text. One thing I cant stand about the modern web is how screenshots of text have become a defacto standard, because they preserve formatting and are require no technical know-how.