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EDIT: Oops, posted in the wrong spot, this was meant to be a reply to tvladeck's post. "In addition, did you know that if you paste a url into the search you c
by chestnut-tree 12y ago
EDIT: Oops, posted in the wrong spot, this was meant to be a reply to tvladeck's post.
"In addition, did you know that if you paste a url into the search you can see the tweets that link to it? There are great conversations happening about published stories - yet that content has no way to get surfaced"
I've done this before to view what people are saying about a link or story, but I disagree about "great conversations" taking place. A lot of people simply re-tweet a link or add a few words, but I'd argue that often there is no great insight or "discussion" and most of it is disconnected from other twitter users. (Can you really have a great "conversation" using a 140 character limit?)
I do agree that twitter doesn't use it's content to best effect. There are a lot of users who cluster around shared interests and twitter could aggregate interesting links that are constantly being posted around topics. Other sites like Buzzfeed and Storify editorialise a story by picking tweets that reflect a range of opinions around a story. Is this something that Twitter should do? (I don't know) It would be a shift in focus for them and something not all users would welcome.
Anyway, back to the original story - I'm glad they've dropped Helevtica. It's too over-used and feels like a bland but safe choice for designers. Not sure about Gotham yet. It feels a bit too tall and narrow.