Twitter threads - awful to read.

[GoneOffShore]

Small rant and annoyance.

Reading a twitter thread is about as much fun as getting ones teeth cleaned. Perhaps I'm the only one, but if someone is going to write something lengthy Twitter isn't useful to those of us who want ideas presented in a coherent fashion. It's sound bite opinion writing.

[lark]

1. I signed up for Twitter because I wanted to reply to one I saw here.

Replied that one time and haven't posted since. I went in a couple of times reading things, but some of the responses were so awful - I haven't picked it back up in months and don't intend to.

[Dennis Donovan]

5. I rarely read replies on twitter because they might not be human-generated

Just stick with your main Latest feed (if you click into a tweet, don't scoll down ) and you'll find it's a good central place to get news.

[Lucid Dreamer]

2. GOS, Thank you for reading mind and posting that here. nt

[Dennis Donovan]

3. I disagree. As as aggregated source of news, it's an important tool in the defense of democracy

...which is vital in the context of what we're witnessing now with our DoJ. And, it allows people to see information that might be behind a paywall (because newspapers have to eat, too).

[FakeNoose]

6. That's a good point DD

It requires a very thick skin to wade into the Twitter-sewer, and not everyone on DU can handle it. Those who can, such as yourself, do a great service for the rest of us.

[Dennis Donovan]

8. Thanks!

[Arkansas Granny]

7. That's why I signed up. I also like the immediacy. If something important happens,

it will usually be on Twitter in a matter of minutes.

[GoneOffShore]

9. I get that. But aren't there cases where something appears on Twitter and then has to walked back?

And then, it's too late, because the tweet has become part of the narrative.

It would be interesting to see how much Twitter has become part of the problem of spreading disinformation when something like that happens.

[Lindsay]

4. I had the same reaction until

I read comments from people with reading disabilities saying that twitter threads were easier for them to read than a longer article with longer paragraphs.

So they're good for some of us and not so much for others, apparently.