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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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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Screenshots? If used honestly (screenshot the whole thread) that's better. Also screenshots lessen the number of people who can easily reply to the out-of-context tweet and easily reply. Also my point isn't stopping bad-faith behavior; it's building functionality to escalate it.
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As with any feature, there are lots of people who quote-tweet occasionally and in good-faith (to give credit, for example, or the amplify something worthy). Their worst use is turning what should be back-and-forth discussion into contextless, easy dunking.
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Yes, I had wanted that for a while, and that could do as well. Preserves conversation. Still have to figure out how to avoid the dueling quote-tweeting. It's bad for conversation but I bet great for engagement (dunking is engaging).https://twitter.com/KDbyProxy/status/1263212562054819844 …
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To conclude, this thread as a whole doesn't say don't ever quote tweet, but you could easily take one tweet and try to characterize it that way. Or turn it into a quote-tweeting duel. Which is the issue! Control over quote/embedding would help. Instead, we got unrepliability.
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This is what happens when the actual use ventures too far outside the design center. Maybe FB has the better interface for this?
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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