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Re: Twitter Notes

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Post by blobbers »

Text is so cheap to store and distribute, yet they can monetize so well. Much cheaper than images, or video.

Adding a way to get more content in their distribution network makes complete business sense. (whether it's good for the internet as a whole is another discussion; personally I prefer the weird internet of the early 2000s)

Wonder why the margins are so tough for a company like twitter. Seems like they should be able to make money hand over fist with their existing product. 0 innovation in years, should be low maintenance.

Re: Twitter Notes

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Post by aardvarkr »

saurik wrote: post #142
caycep wrote: post #87

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With the "walled garden" comment, I'm wondering - nowadays, all sorts of discourse seems to depend on these types of proprietary services/platforms, that employ armies of engineers to keep them running, develop new features, etc. Attempts to make things decentralized all seem to be aggregating into central controls, i.e. "Web3/crypto" -> coinbase, kraken, etc Why aren't older decentralized "services" protocols being…

> Attempts to make things decentralized all seem to be aggregating into central controls, i.e. "Web3/crypto" -> coinbase, kraken, etc Coinbase and Kraken are not "central controls" as you not only can use either and they are exactly fully interchangeable, but you can use any number of other similar services--or even deal directly with another user and keep your credentials locally-- all of which are exactly fully int…

Off topic but I wanted to say thanks for all of your contributions to the iOS jailbreak scene :)

Re: Twitter Notes

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Post by Qub3d »

jahewson wrote: post #225
Qub3d wrote: post #183

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Randall thought similarly: https://xkcd.com/1045/ I think there are places for both. However, reading up on a lot of business case studies, I noticed that a major tipping point for a company is often when they decide to step out of their niche . Diversifying can handicap a company if they aren't careful, because it reduces resources to the core product. However, it can also be a real boon (see: Microsoft + Azure, whi…

Microsoft doesn’t provide a revenue number for Azure. Their entire cloud + server division accounts for 29% of overall revenue.

My bad, I was working from memory. I probably did an s/Microsoft/Amazon/ in my head.

Re: Twitter Notes

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Post by LudwigNagasena »

meibo wrote: post #146

Very odd of them to launch this without support in apps. The mobile view doesn't even load for me, just says that the content can't be found.

Apparently 7500 employees is not enough to implement a basic cross platform blog viewer.

Re: Twitter Notes

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Post by melony »

FateOfNations wrote: post #74
junot wrote: post #37

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I had the same thing happen to me. Page worked after refresh though.

That seems to be an issue in general for Twitter, particularly when logged out. It often doesn't load on the first go around and you have to refresh to see the content.

So many web developers at Twitter and they still can't fix SSR

Re: Twitter Notes

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Post by fknorangesite »

masukomi wrote: post #189
fknorangesite wrote: post #181

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> What's wrong with linking to your blog? Nothing, except that no one will click on your link.

i don't see that it's functionally any different than what was displayed in that gif. In both cases there's a card to the longer content that needs to be clicked on. If your argument is that no-one will click on the card then twitter notes will fare no better because it's literally the same presentation.

You're right: it isn't functionally different. But the quantified user behaviour absolutely is.

Re: Twitter Notes

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Post by fknorangesite »

dorfsmay wrote: post #224
fknorangesite wrote: post #181

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> What's wrong with linking to your blog? Nothing, except that no one will click on your link.

I don't read thread, but I click on link to articles.

I believe it. Perhaps you are not representative of the general population.

Re: Twitter Notes

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Post by arriu »

sumy23 wrote: post #54
dgs_sgd wrote: post #4

I welcome this. I always hated the long multi-tweet essays and have often just given up on reading them, especially when I'm not logged in I can't even make it to the end before twitter blocks me from scrolling further. As of now it doesn't look like you can reply to a note with another note? That might go a long way for improving debate and discussion.

I just tried reading some of the things written by Twitter's test authors. I immediately missed the old format. For one, the old format forces succinct points. There isn't any fluff in a Twitter thread. First four paragraphs in the sample I read: > Hello. Hi. Do you have a moment to talk about porgs? > Yes. Porgs, the cute things seen in Star Wars Episodes VII and VIII. > These. > (Image of porg) > Many people might…

Also, I really like being able to read a thread of comments on a specific tweet as part of a thread. You would need to skim all comments otherwise.
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