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And yet, on HN we post the Twitter thread instead of the blog post. It just seems to me there's some entrenched user behavior that will be very difficult to cha

And yet, on HN we post the Twitter thread instead of the blog post. It just seems to me there's some entrenched user behavior that will be very difficult to change. Regardless, this thread wasn't posted on his blog or newsletter, so there's only one way to consume this information, and that's on Twitter. Twitter is entrenched for sure.

lapcat 4y ago
> It just seems to me there's some entrenched user behavior that will be very difficult to change. I definitely agree with that. I left Twitter myself this week, and I've increased my blogging and started a Slack. But it's difficult, because a lot of people are still on Twitter, and they refuse to leave. By leaving, I've decreased my own reach, unfortunately. We'll see what the long-term consequences are. The catch is that Twitter is full of people who never write their own content, aside from tweets. If they leave Twitter, they silence themselves. They can follow RSS, newsletters, etc., but they don't have a voice outside of Twitter. And to be frank, maybe they don't have much interesting to say, but they're still the primary audience for creators. > Regardless, this thread wasn't posted on his blog or newsletter I can't say whether or not it was in the newsletter, as I don't subscribe. It might have been there too?
- rexreed 4y ago
  Yeah I checked to see if it was posted on his newsletter (they give you a free issue preview on substack) before I posted the above, and it's not there... yet. I think the main thing that motivates Twitter behavior is that it's easy to quickly post stuff including pictures and gut reactions without having to compose a more well-thought out article. As such, Twitter unfortunately still fills that gap of short-posts that are aimed to get high attention. This area is need of (decentralized) innovation.

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And yet, on HN we post the Twitter thread instead of the blog post. It just seems to me there's some entrenched user behavior that will be very difficult to cha

by rexreed 4y ago

lapcat 4y ago
> It just seems to me there's some entrenched user behavior that will be very difficult to change. I definitely agree with that. I left Twitter myself this week, and I've increased my blogging and started a Slack. But it's difficult, because a lot of people are still on Twitter, and they refuse to leave. By leaving, I've decreased my own reach, unfortunately. We'll see what the long-term consequences are. The catch is that Twitter is full of people who never write their own content, aside from tweets. If they leave Twitter, they silence themselves. They can follow RSS, newsletters, etc., but they don't have a voice outside of Twitter. And to be frank, maybe they don't have much interesting to say, but they're still the primary audience for creators. > Regardless, this thread wasn't posted on his blog or newsletter I can't say whether or not it was in the newsletter, as I don't subscribe. It might have been there too?
- rexreed 4y ago
  Yeah I checked to see if it was posted on his newsletter (they give you a free issue preview on substack) before I posted the above, and it's not there... yet. I think the main thing that motivates Twitter behavior is that it's easy to quickly post stuff including pictures and gut reactions without having to compose a more well-thought out article. As such, Twitter unfortunately still fills that gap of short-posts that are aimed to get high attention. This area is need of (decentralized) innovation.