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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Replying to @zeynep
Quote tweeting is bad now? I quote tweet all the time, sometimes to criticize, but more often to give credit to the other people who are involved in the conversation/doing the work. Now I am worried that I'm doing Twitter wrong.
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Replying to @evacide
I'm now gonna quote tweet you to say that's not what I meant! :-D
1:45 PM - 20 May 2020
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