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>Smart journalists are going to stop relying on Twitter's API now. I somehow have a feeling that this is not the first time in history that an embedded Tweet i
by yanderekko 4y ago
>Smart journalists are going to stop relying on Twitter's API now.
I somehow have a feeling that this is not the first time in history that an embedded Tweet in a news story has been removed, either by Twitter or the author.
- cronix 4y agoSmart journalists screen capture the tweet and post it as a photo.
- oneeyedpigeon 4y agoSure, but a screenshot of a tweet is trivial to fake.
- MisterBastahrd 4y agoPeople who post to drama sites routinely take screenshots of tweets and posts from other sites because it's an easy way to have permanence even in the face of hostile moderation. This will just extend to normal journalists now.
- JasonFruit 4y agoAt risk of finding out, what is a "drama site"? Do people actually have websites devoted to… drama?
- SV_BubbleTime 4y agoRight now there are 1200 comments here. The drama you are looking for may be closer than you expect.
- MisterBastahrd 4y agoWhat do you think TMZ is? There are tons of subreddits that are devoted to catching some person or another with questionable tastes or interests in saying something they shouldn't. In these instances, rather than linking to the post (which may result in a moderator taking it down or the poster realizing how badly they're being dragged), they instead take a screenshot since it's a bulletproof way to retain the content.
- pjc50 4y agoYou missed the KiwiFarms debacle?
- JasonFruit 4y agoSure did. Searched it, and am not disappointed to have missed it.
- cmeacham98 4y agoYes, but it is probably (one of) the first times it was done so blatantly in Twitter's own interest.
- SV_BubbleTime 4y agoHow many other company internal communications tweets have there been that stay up?
- cmeacham98 4y agoAre you claiming it is Twitter SOP to delete all tweets referencing internal communications from companies? Can you substantiate that?
- SV_BubbleTime 4y agoFrom their company, yes, I am saying that.
- vkou 4y agoAs the old joke goes, we have freedom of speech in the USSR. We too can go to the middle of the Red Square, and denounce the American president there, with no negative consequences. It's not very interesting to see an alleged champion of free speech allow speech he likes. It's far more telling to see what he does about speech he dislikes.
- cmeacham98 4y agoI'll take the lack of any evidence as you _can't_ substantiate that?
- yanderekko 4y agoPerhaps, but unless this becomes a substantial portion of removals the hand-wringing about Twitter's APIs becoming "unreliable" seems overblown.