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That you're using the term "tweetstorm" indicates to me you haven't been using Twitter for some time (5+ years) so if that's the case you should know that the U
by mdoms 6y ago
That you're using the term "tweetstorm" indicates to me you haven't been using Twitter for some time (5+ years) so if that's the case you should know that the UI for threads has improved dramatically, both in the authoring and reading contexts.
- Sodman 6y agoI was unaware that the term had been retired, as I still see it used in mainstream media pretty frequently - I've read it as recently as this morning [0]. Perhaps I stumble upon these threads sometimes when they're still being authored, but my experience has been: -> See a tweet in my primary twitter feed -> Click "Show this thread" -> Now I'm in the middle of a thread, probably at the most liked tweet -> Scroll up to the top -> Read through each tweet scrolling down, with the author's profile picture, display name and twitter handle repeated every 100-280 characters. -> At the bottom, if there are new tweets I usually resort to clicking on the tweet itself to load new replies, even if they're a continuation of the thread by the same author. Not a great UX for me. Given that most of these threads end with a commenter invoking a bot like threadreader to "unroll" the thread and post it to another website, I'm certainly not alone in this. [0]https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/21/daily-202-it-is-probably-too-late-senate-republicans-distance-themselves-trump/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/21/daily-202...