Tweets one can't reply to? How about tweets that cannot be quoted?!?! Quote-tweets are occasionally okay but they are generally the worst aspect of this site and why I sometimes delete tweets (out-of-context quotes leading to stupidity and waste of time).
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A first-order approximation of the quality of an argument is usually the amount of quote-tweeting. A quote tweet to start a discussion? Maybe, if done with care. But the most common use is cherry-picking for dunking. Intellectually *yawn* but also just man empty dust and noise.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Eva
Lemme quote-tweet her to say that's fine. And I do it too—like now! What I want is to be able to *choose* which of my tweets can't be quoted on their own because they're part of a thread! Quotes should pull the whole thread + have the convo in one place.https://twitter.com/evacide/status/1263206774376591360 …
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Quote-tweet is just fine if used honestly and with care, but functionally speaking it breaks two things: threads and the conversation. One quote in a thread is easy to mischaracterize. Plus dueling quote-tweets are practically impossible to follow. Engagement over substance.
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"but functionally speaking it breaks [...] the conversation." Which is why Twitter should offer "Reply quote-tweets" so it stays in the convo. Why quote-tweet in the reply? Because esp when there are lots of replies, ppl who reply to a reply lose track of what the OT was about.
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