What is this extremely useless style of quoting the president's tweet without any context and then providing an image of it?https://twitter.com/abc/status/901205829499711489 …
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I'm guessing a) they have data showing images drive traffic more than retweets and maybe b) to protect against editing/deleting of original
Drive more traffic to what though?
Yes, and the Delete button.
At least the Houston mayor is not a nationally recognized personality, and identifying him as such adds context.
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