After all the outcry, there is still no mechanism on Twitter to deal with a barrage of harrasment. You have to report each tweet individually with many many clicks, and at best that tweet alone is locked—long after you saw it anyway. No benefit to you, no deterrence to harraser.
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Also: Facebook saw drop in personal sharing after it spooked people about privacy. People messaged instead—arguably the right choice anyway. My lesson is fewer Twitter threads & more long-form—also probably right choice anyway. Not enough protective features to make it worthwile.
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This morning, I started a thread and then I was like—wait, it will be quoted out of context etc. I'll write it long-form instead. Writing long-form is often a better choice for me anyway, but just noting lack of platform protections is definitely a force fighting network effects.
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So, days later still going on. Pondering stopping using Twitter for anything substantive unless I get control over whether third-parties can "embed" or quote my tweets—out-of-context embed & quote makes it too easy for too many people to make stupid comments in my mentions.
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Maybe they'll screenshot, etc. I know. Whatever. That adds friction—someone has to find the tweet or type my name and then write something. Greatly decreases the fly-by idiot comments. Pointless to report—no deterrence, just work for me. Mute/block pointless: it's fly-by idiocy.
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I could ignore it—most of it is the zillionth iteration the same stupid comment. But, no, I want control over whether news outlets or anyone can embed my tweets and I want control over whether a tweet in a thread—it's a thread for a reason—can be quote-tweeted in isolation.
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Yes. I may do that. I actually like the messy/opennes of Twitter. I don't mind disagreement and can totally ignore the occasional idiocy or insult. But there needs to be controls to add friction to the *volume* of idiocy/insult. Problem is scale/volume.https://twitter.com/JuanIsidro/status/1042401273105014794 …
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At a minimum, someone wants to quote a tweet embedded within a thread? Force the outlet/website to embed or quote the *whole* thread. That should discourage the fly-by idiocy and out-of-context quoting. Either that, or Twitter should just disable threads so we get it: no control.
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There are pros and cons. Preventing a tweet from referencing another tweet is seen as extremely Unlikely as tweets are modular HTTPS resources.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I find most just want to say, “Hey! I know stuff too!” rather than listen and learn. I follow you (and
@sarahkendzior , et al) because I sense you are a brilliant and kind person. I feel no need to add anything to your words, or your clear desire to improve life for all.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Before quote tweets were official, I would add a permalink to the URL of an individual tweet & a screenshot. (I still do that, especially for a public figure who might delete.)
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alex the point is that twitter shouldn't make this particular way of quote-tweeting so easy. you may realize this, but "should i personally do something technically similar when I've thought about it & think it's the best way to interact" is an unrelated question
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