Embedded Tweets

[DaasTora]

No comment

[Euclid]

Any thread that has an influx of embedded tweets is a pretty good signal that it belongs in the Politics board. Alas

[DaasTora]

Any thread that has an influx of embedded tweets is a pretty good signal that it belongs in the Politics board. Alas

Why can’t ddf members have a conversation without being bombarded by non ddf members’ tweets all day. I don’t think it adds much value to the conversation. Some threads literally look like a twitter page.

[jj1000]

Why can’t ddf members have a conversation without being bombarded by non ddf members’ tweets all day. I don’t think it adds much value to the conversation. Some threads literally look like a twitter page.

Depends. If it's a news thread, some of the best news can be found on Twitter.

[DaasTora]

Depends. If it's a news thread, some of the best news can be found on Twitter.

Agree. There are limits to everything, though.

[DaasTora]

Lol.

[yelped]

Agree. There are limits to everything.

Your home, your rules. JJ's home, JJ's rules.

[DaasTora]

Your home, your rules. JJ's home, JJ's rules.

Hence the poll to gauge public opinion.

[yelped]

Hence the poll to gauge public opinion.

Not a very helpful poll as it won't help in the cases you talk about.

[DaasTora]

Not a very helpful poll as it won't help in the cases you talk about.

I don’t mind embedded tweets for those that enjoy it. But why not keep them in dedicated threads so as not to clutter the others?

[yelped]

I don’t mind embedded tweets for those that enjoy it. But why not keep them in dedicated threads so as not to clutter the others?

What's the point of having separate news threads if you need to dump 3/4 of the news into one thread? That's where the news is today.

[Yehuda57]

Any thread that has an influx of embedded tweets is a pretty good signal that it belongs in the Politics board. Alas

Hey, don't be mean

[notyettaken]

Once we're at it every thread should have a sister thread for the inevitable halacha debate (in addition to the tweet thread, the discussion thread, and news only thread)

[yelped]

Once we're at it every thread should have a sister thread for the inevitable halacha debate (in addition to the tweet thread, the discussion thread, and news only thread)

In other words, that's life. You don't get everything served the way you want it. You take the whole package. Yes, I'm being ageist on you @DaasTora .

[Just A Jew]

Very conflicted about X in general. I recently blocked it from my phone, but allowed embedded posts. The reality is that X has the most reliable news (along with the most misinformation), and it has it much quicker than MSM. The world is changing. The question is how to adapt without it becoming all consuming.

[AsherO]

No comment

Username (self-proclaimed of course) checks out

*ducks*

[Yehuda57]

Very conflicted about X in general. I recently blocked it from my phone, but allowed embedded posts. The reality is that X has the most reliable news (along with the most misinformation), and it has it much quicker than MSM. The world is changing. The question is how to adapt without it becoming all consuming.

Within the week after Oct 7th, I deleted the app and blocked the website on my phone. I could still click on links on a desktop and see embedded tweets on DDF. Then when baseball season started, I unblocked the site, but purged my follows of virtually all political content. Yesterday, I knew Trump was found guilty, but I don't know what the charges are, I have heard close to nothing about the trial, I know very very little about it. And it is sooooo much better. Not so long ago and would have known so much about the story, and how it was being reported and misreported and all the ins and outs - and for what?

Yesterday, I tweeted this: https://x.com/Squilled/status/1796331748537606314

Sure, it is a joke, but it really was true for me. Clarke Schmidt's injury was a way bigger story for me.

[Dan]

Can't compare the rapid news content available on X to anywhere else on the internet today. Embedded tweets are a good way for DDF readers to read important stories without having to sift through the 99% of X posts that are junk. It's a real time saver. So no, embeds aren't going to be banned. And just posting screenshots means that you can't click through to see reactions to the post.

I don't think we should mandate screenshots, but yes, it would be courteous to post a screenshot along with the embed when possible.
Gyazo is a good tool for that for desktop users.

[Euclid]

Can't compare the rapid news content available on X to anywhere else on the internet today. Embedded tweets are a good way for DDF readers to read important stories without having to sift through the 99% of X posts that are junk. It's a real time saver. So no, embeds aren't going to be banned. And just posting screenshots means that you can't click through to see reactions to the post.

I don't think we should mandate screenshots, but yes, it would be courteous to post a screenshot along with the embed when possible.
Gyazo is a good tool for that for desktop users.

I don't know about you but I like my news rounded up, say weekly