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Comparing the two is a bit unfair. Don't get me wrong, I never liked twitter all that much and lately I've grown to hate it(and I wouldn't miss it one bit if it

Comparing the two is a bit unfair. Don't get me wrong, I never liked twitter all that much and lately I've grown to hate it(and I wouldn't miss it one bit if it suddenly disappeared) while in principle I love blogs. But they are very different beasts: twitter is a cheap cheese and tomato frozen pre-made pizza from Lidl: it's food but that's about it. You could hand it to a professional chef and that might make it somewhat better if they add some personal touch with ingredients they have laying around but... It's still a frozen, pre-made pizza. It will never be what the chef would be able to come up with if you give them the ability to choose their ingredients and tools.

Ensorceled 3y ago
Your analogy is unfair and, from that analogy, it's quite clear you hate twitter so there was no need for the "Don't get me wrong," Twitter is for updates, blogs are for thoughts. The are two entirely different things, you are comparing them as if they are the same thing but one is the cheap, terrible version.
- gardenhedge 3y ago
  Twitter is not just for updates. People use it in a variety of ways including updates but also things like thought streaming, humour, conversations, trolling, etc
  - Ensorceled 3y ago
    Sure, I miss Cory Doctorow's essays for instance. But mostly it was updates. But Cory Doctorow isn't crappy, barely edible pizza.
    - da_chicken 3y ago
      Cory's blog posts are great, even when they're shredded into Twitter threads. Cory's image spam is crappy, barely edible pizza.
- meiraleal 3y ago
  > Twitter is for updates, blogs are for thoughts The word blog comes from "web log", a stream of updates from someone. A blog is as much for update as twitter. I think the analogy is perfect: twitter is pre-made updates, blogs need much more careful thought both to add updates and to deliver it to the audience. > you are comparing them as if they are the same thing but one is the cheap, terrible version. It seems that this is his opinion (which I agree). Is it wrong to think that twitter is pre-made food/fast food and blogs are home-made meals?
- axegon_ 3y ago
  Someone already corrected your terminology. As for the "don't get me wrong" part: it means that I am not defending twitter. I openly hate it, which is what "I wouldn't miss it one bit if it suddenly disappeared" clearly states.
barrkel 3y ago
Twitter is a feed of what's getting attention right now, a cresting wave of what people are talking about. If you have to make an analogy with food, it's like ice cream from a street vendor on a hot day. It's not food, its value expires rapidly if you don't consume it when it's fresh, and it's a little bit addictive.
jasode 3y ago
>while in principle I love blogs. But they are very different beasts: twitter is a cheap cheese and tomato frozen pre-made pizza Some people (especially techies) like to distinguish between blogs and Twitter but we have to also acknowledge that non-tech people use Twitter as an easy-to-use blog platform. They start from the motivation of "publish some of my thoughts" and "What's the easiest way to do that?". The most friction-free and viral way to <airquotes>blog</airquotes> -- is to use Twitter. Using WordPress or self-hosting Gatsby engine isn't something they want to do. That's why some write long-form thoughts as a multi-part "Twitter thread" as a pseudo blog post. Yes, it's hard to read but that's not the priority. They simply don't want to use a "real" blog engine. They'd rather use Twitter for the ecosystem, audience reach, and engagement. (retweets, likes, etc). In other words, the influential people using Twitter are not swayed by "cheep cheese" analogies. They're simply not interested in bespoke blog engines.

Ensorceled 3y ago

Your analogy is unfair and, from that analogy, it's quite clear you hate twitter so there was no need for the "Don't get me wrong," Twitter is for updates, blogs are for thoughts. The are two entirely different things, you are comparing them as if they are the same thing but one is the cheap, terrible version.

gardenhedge 3y ago
Twitter is not just for updates. People use it in a variety of ways including updates but also things like thought streaming, humour, conversations, trolling, etc
- Ensorceled 3y ago
  Sure, I miss Cory Doctorow's essays for instance. But mostly it was updates. But Cory Doctorow isn't crappy, barely edible pizza.
  - da_chicken 3y ago
    Cory's blog posts are great, even when they're shredded into Twitter threads. Cory's image spam is crappy, barely edible pizza.
meiraleal 3y ago
> Twitter is for updates, blogs are for thoughts The word blog comes from "web log", a stream of updates from someone. A blog is as much for update as twitter. I think the analogy is perfect: twitter is pre-made updates, blogs need much more careful thought both to add updates and to deliver it to the audience. > you are comparing them as if they are the same thing but one is the cheap, terrible version. It seems that this is his opinion (which I agree). Is it wrong to think that twitter is pre-made food/fast food and blogs are home-made meals?
axegon_ 3y ago
Someone already corrected your terminology. As for the "don't get me wrong" part: it means that I am not defending twitter. I openly hate it, which is what "I wouldn't miss it one bit if it suddenly disappeared" clearly states.

barrkel 3y ago

Twitter is a feed of what's getting attention right now, a cresting wave of what people are talking about. If you have to make an analogy with food, it's like ice cream from a street vendor on a hot day. It's not food, its value expires rapidly if you don't consume it when it's fresh, and it's a little bit addictive.

jasode 3y ago

>while in principle I love blogs. But they are very different beasts: twitter is a cheap cheese and tomato frozen pre-made pizza Some people (especially techies) like to distinguish between blogs and Twitter but we have to also acknowledge that non-tech people use Twitter as an easy-to-use blog platform. They start from the motivation of "publish some of my thoughts" and "What's the easiest way to do that?". The most friction-free and viral way to <airquotes>blog</airquotes> -- is to use Twitter. Using WordPress or self-hosting Gatsby engine isn't something they want to do. That's why some write long-form thoughts as a multi-part "Twitter thread" as a pseudo blog post. Yes, it's hard to read but that's not the priority. They simply don't want to use a "real" blog engine. They'd rather use Twitter for the ecosystem, audience reach, and engagement. (retweets, likes, etc). In other words, the influential people using Twitter are not swayed by "cheep cheese" analogies. They're simply not interested in bespoke blog engines.