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Flagging would be better than nothing, I guess. But it's not enough IMO. My main problem with Twitter is the UI, which is bad in general and terrible for long
by whyoh 5y ago
Flagging would be better than nothing, I guess. But it's not enough IMO.
My main problem with Twitter is the UI, which is bad in general and terrible for long posts (threads). The second problem is the "culture" of posting outrage and low quality content in general, often full of typos (due to Twitter being a mobile-centric platform). Requiring credentials is just the last straw.
So I think a stronger deterrent is needed. If not a ban, lowering the score for Twitter-link submissions (each vote counts 0.5 votes)?
- ziml77 5y agoI do not want content missing out on page 1 simply because it's on Twitter. That content may not be available elsewhere, meaning that people are very likely to miss useful and informative posts. And it's not like a vote bias on HN is going to make those people move off of Twitter. Either use an extension to redirect you to a site like nitter.net, manually adjust the URL yourself, or just don't click on Twitter links at all.