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It’s strange I have no issue reading posts like these but every time they come up someone complains about the format of twitter and I still have no idea what ma

It’s strange I have no issue reading posts like these but every time they come up someone complains about the format of twitter and I still have no idea what makes it so difficult for people and I definitely did not grow up with it.

CRConrad 4y ago
Nowadays it cuts off threads and refuses to let you read to the end unless you're logged in.
- deleted 4y ago
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- oneeyedpigeon 4y ago
  I just tried and I could read that whole thread without being logged in. Maybe twitter lets you read the whole thing if you've ever logged in with that browser? I guess if this is actually a problem, anyone who's bothered by it, who doesn't have a twitter login could look into rewriting twitter.com links to nitter.net instead.
  - mod 4y ago
    If you scroll a little too far at the end, it'll lock you out and prompt you to login. Basically as soon as the first "recommended" tweet is displayed mid-screen. The way I scroll as I read, I often have to go back and reload the page just to read the last tweet in a thread.
- GekkePrutser 4y ago
  Yes this is soooo annoying. Luckily thread reader app doesn't do this (yet)
rplnt 4y ago
Well first of all you need to be familiar with the format. Or better said, with the abuse of the format. Because while it might look like replies, you need to figure out it was used to post an article and not actually additions/corrections what would be a common use for someone replying to themselves. But it's still hard to figure where it ends as the replies from the author seamlessly blend into other users' replies. It doesn't help this particular author doesn't number those tweets (which in itself is ridiculous) or even use punctuation or capitals. It just seems like random rant, not something we're supposed to be be reading when someone shares a tweet. And then there's the noise. Why do I need to skip icons, names, numbers, padding, dividers after every sentence? And while our brains are relatively good at it, I still need to process it as it gives clues into where the "article" ends. Twitter is the worst format to post articles. At least it was until someone came up with the idea to post them as videos with computer voiceover. (I'm using the word article here, but I'm still not convinced it isn't just a random rant)
Nextgrid 4y ago
Because it's actively user-hostile. It's not that we can't figure it out, it's that it takes extra effort and creates a problem that shouldn't be there in the first place. If things like ThreadReaderApp or Nitter can present the content in a more accessible & pleasant form, Twitter should be able to do so as well.
- GekkePrutser 4y ago
  Sure they can but it will hurt their ad tracking
- Jcowell 4y ago
  I see this and would argue it’s not user hostile. Rather twitter’s target users are those who sign up and log in to view and consume content so they can target. It’s not a hostility towards user but rather a non-catering to its non-users. For the majority of content , tweets and threads are not an issue. They easily consume it and if they don’t want to deal with the format they utilize tools that utilize Twitter’s API.

CRConrad 4y ago

Nowadays it cuts off threads and refuses to let you read to the end unless you're logged in.

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oneeyedpigeon 4y ago
I just tried and I could read that whole thread without being logged in. Maybe twitter lets you read the whole thing if you've ever logged in with that browser? I guess if this is actually a problem, anyone who's bothered by it, who doesn't have a twitter login could look into rewriting twitter.com links to nitter.net instead.
- mod 4y ago
  If you scroll a little too far at the end, it'll lock you out and prompt you to login. Basically as soon as the first "recommended" tweet is displayed mid-screen. The way I scroll as I read, I often have to go back and reload the page just to read the last tweet in a thread.
GekkePrutser 4y ago
Yes this is soooo annoying. Luckily thread reader app doesn't do this (yet)

rplnt 4y ago

Well first of all you need to be familiar with the format. Or better said, with the abuse of the format. Because while it might look like replies, you need to figure out it was used to post an article and not actually additions/corrections what would be a common use for someone replying to themselves. But it's still hard to figure where it ends as the replies from the author seamlessly blend into other users' replies. It doesn't help this particular author doesn't number those tweets (which in itself is ridiculous) or even use punctuation or capitals. It just seems like random rant, not something we're supposed to be be reading when someone shares a tweet. And then there's the noise. Why do I need to skip icons, names, numbers, padding, dividers after every sentence? And while our brains are relatively good at it, I still need to process it as it gives clues into where the "article" ends. Twitter is the worst format to post articles. At least it was until someone came up with the idea to post them as videos with computer voiceover. (I'm using the word article here, but I'm still not convinced it isn't just a random rant)

Nextgrid 4y ago

Because it's actively user-hostile. It's not that we can't figure it out, it's that it takes extra effort and creates a problem that shouldn't be there in the first place. If things like ThreadReaderApp or Nitter can present the content in a more accessible & pleasant form, Twitter should be able to do so as well.

GekkePrutser 4y ago
Sure they can but it will hurt their ad tracking
Jcowell 4y ago
I see this and would argue it’s not user hostile. Rather twitter’s target users are those who sign up and log in to view and consume content so they can target. It’s not a hostility towards user but rather a non-catering to its non-users. For the majority of content , tweets and threads are not an issue. They easily consume it and if they don’t want to deal with the format they utilize tools that utilize Twitter’s API.