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Well, what tom says. Relying on twitter for news is like listening to chatter on the street - until you click on one of those tinyurls, which may or may not lea
by moe 18y ago
Well, what tom says. Relying on twitter for news is like listening to chatter on the street - until you click on one of those tinyurls, which may or may not lead to a tangible source. You'd be better off just subscribing to a few RSS feeds of popular news sites. Even if you only read the headlines that would still provide better information density and at least a bit of hope that these headlines have gotten some scrunity before broadcast. Also there will be a full article waiting behind each link - which helps if you truly want to form an opinion on something beyond catching up keywords for re-tweet.
- cstejerean 18y agoIt's actually more like sitting down with friends for a beer and listening to them talk about the news. This way I get to hear about things that the people I find interesting think are important. It serves exactly the same purpose that visiting this site does, and just as I often read the comments on a post here before clicking the link I often read the Twitter conversation that's developing around a piece of news before deciding if it's important to know more about it. I use an RSS reader as well but that I use solely for keeping track of interesting blogs, mostly about programming related topics.