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Well, it would help if you added your Twitter handle when saying something like that. Like the idea actually.

jere 13y ago
I posted about it here before. It may be too dry, but I find it quite entertaining. https://twitter.com/NEWS_XX14 https://twitter.com/NEWS_XX14
- mr_luc 13y ago
  On the contrary! You need to post links to these articles. I want to read all of those articles. I absolutely love the history leading up to and around the first world war, I've read a good portion of the issues of Punch from those years. But a headline is only enough to arouse my appetite without bedding her back down.
  - jere 13y ago
    Well, you can find the articles by googling the headlines. These are all from the New York Times and you should find the first result is a link to a pdf article there.
    - pieterhg 13y ago
      That's not how Twitter works
      - jere 13y ago
        Yea, how Twitter works is it eats up 24 characters on a URL. No thanks. I figured the headlines were interesting enough on their own 99% of the time.
        waterlesscloud 13y ago
        When your plan isn't working, it's time to re-evaluate.
        oalders 13y ago
        FWIW, I'd also really like to see links to the articles. :)
- digitalengineer 13y ago
  The subject of your headlines is critical in my opinion. European news, or Americain centered, International? Popular news? Headlines that turned out very wrong, etc etc. There are so many subjects...
  - jere 13y ago
    They're from the New York Times. The focus appears to be in order NY, America, Whoever America Is Currently Fighting, Europe, and the rest of the world. Plenty of amusing missed predictions (e.g. VESUVIUS MORE ACTIVE.: Mr Burlingham Says Volcano is Preparing for Another Eruption. - 01/13/14). July is going to be interesting....
- smackfu 13y ago
  Is this curated at all? It seems like 10% interesting, 90% very boring articles.
  - jere 13y ago
    Nope. If it was curated it wouldn't be much of a bot. That's how most bots are, the owners just retweet the really good ones. One idea would be to focus on certain keywords, but you'd miss a lot of interesting stuff. I don't know if I agree on your percentages though. In the first 3 days, I read stuff about eugenics, Shackleton, a woman declaring martial law on a town (first time martial law had been declared since Civil War), etc.

jere 13y ago

I posted about it here before. It may be too dry, but I find it quite entertaining. https://twitter.com/NEWS_XX14 https://twitter.com/NEWS_XX14

mr_luc 13y ago
On the contrary! You need to post links to these articles. I want to read all of those articles. I absolutely love the history leading up to and around the first world war, I've read a good portion of the issues of Punch from those years. But a headline is only enough to arouse my appetite without bedding her back down.
- jere 13y ago
  Well, you can find the articles by googling the headlines. These are all from the New York Times and you should find the first result is a link to a pdf article there.
  - pieterhg 13y ago
    That's not how Twitter works
    - jere 13y ago
      Yea, how Twitter works is it eats up 24 characters on a URL. No thanks. I figured the headlines were interesting enough on their own 99% of the time.
      - waterlesscloud 13y ago
        When your plan isn't working, it's time to re-evaluate.
      - oalders 13y ago
        FWIW, I'd also really like to see links to the articles. :)
digitalengineer 13y ago
The subject of your headlines is critical in my opinion. European news, or Americain centered, International? Popular news? Headlines that turned out very wrong, etc etc. There are so many subjects...
- jere 13y ago
  They're from the New York Times. The focus appears to be in order NY, America, Whoever America Is Currently Fighting, Europe, and the rest of the world. Plenty of amusing missed predictions (e.g. VESUVIUS MORE ACTIVE.: Mr Burlingham Says Volcano is Preparing for Another Eruption. - 01/13/14). July is going to be interesting....
smackfu 13y ago
Is this curated at all? It seems like 10% interesting, 90% very boring articles.
- jere 13y ago
  Nope. If it was curated it wouldn't be much of a bot. That's how most bots are, the owners just retweet the really good ones. One idea would be to focus on certain keywords, but you'd miss a lot of interesting stuff. I don't know if I agree on your percentages though. In the first 3 days, I read stuff about eugenics, Shackleton, a woman declaring martial law on a town (first time martial law had been declared since Civil War), etc.