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My number one gripe with Twitter is that a link to a tweet is not a simple static HTML page. Instead (guessing here, haven't inspected) you get a page that load
by the_gipsy 5y ago
My number one gripe with Twitter is that a link to a tweet is not a simple static HTML page. Instead (guessing here, haven't inspected) you get a page that loads some generic JavaScript, that reads in the URL and extracts that you are, in fact, trying to read a tweet with some ID, and then goes on to load the contents of that tweet by doing an "API request" to fetch its data (probably as JSON), and when the response comes in, finally the tweet's contents are turned into HTML and inserted replacing the dreading spinner gif.
My number two is that it's simply frustrating as late-comer, seeing all the established users talking to each others, while you must try to shout witty replies into the void in hopes that some of them are worthy enough for any of the cool kids to engage.
- throwaway4good 5y ago“it's simply frustrating as late-comer” - I think this is the major shortcoming of the network and ultimately will be the death of it. I wonder if modern version of twitter could be made, more orientated around an “algorithm” that mixed things up a bit (like tiktok) rather than just a followers / no followers hierarchy of things.
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- celeritascelery 5y agoBasically the only thing twitter has going for it is that it is NOT algorithmic. Using a third party client I can see exactly what the people I follow tweet and nothing from twitter itself.
- draw_down 5y ago
- DarylZero 5y agoActually, Twitter only dropped the accessibility via simple HTML in late 2021. Before that you could read twitter links in w3m (and they could be indexed).
- pimlottc 5y agoAnd what’s worse, half the time you get an error loading the tweet! I assume it’s partially an issue of not being logged in but it boggles my mind that it happens so often.