Why do people post Tweets and not the article itself?

[Joe Cool]

Instead of posting tweet with an article embedded in it, just post the article!

Click on the article in the tweet and just post that link, not the tweet itself.

Why do people continue to post tweets instead of an article in the tweet? Rhetorical question.

[48656c6c6f20]

1. YAFLOHTPODU

[MissMillie]

5. Well, there's one I've never seen before.

Looks like your alphabet is scrambled!


What does it mean?

[SergeStorms]

6. Combined with their screen name....

I think those are the launch codes for our nuclear arsenal. 😳

[MissMillie]

10. well then, there's are proof that TFG divulged that info

it's public info!

[48656c6c6f20]

22. Perhaps.

[lpbk2713]

26. Hello

[48656c6c6f20]

27. Hello back at you.

[sl8]

7. Your (mumble) Free Lessson On How To Post On DU? nt

[48656c6c6f20]

11. Yet Another F😑😑😑😑😑 Lecture

So close you were

[sl8]

12. Ha! I was just about to change my first words to "Yet Another Free ..." when I saw your response.

Yours is better.

[Dave Bowman]

21. Gesundheit! :)

[48656c6c6f20]

23. Dave.

Dave, don't you have the utmost confidence in the mission?

[Dave Bowman]

25. Lol!

Open the damn pod bay doors, Hal.

[gab13by13]

2. Why do people post articles and videos with no comment?

I don't click on a video, I need a reason first from the poster, and not just, look at this, unless it's an animal video.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

14. I feel ya. Same with no comment music videos that certain posters

like to spam us with (well, everyone that uses the 'latest threads' tab, anyway). Especially boring are the vids that only show an album cover the whole video long.

I can find these vids myself, or type the song name into Spotify and listen anytime I want.

I want to read WHY someone is posting this music video. Did you attend a concert of this band? Was the drummer in your class in school? Was this song special to you growing up, and why? Does this song have one of your all-time favorite guitar solos? Is the drum work amazing? Is it of superlative song quality? Those sorts of things.

I do occasionally post songs, but never in the form of 'here's this song and picture of the album cover'. It'll usually be newer stuff (or at least not a song everyone on DU has heard 100+ times in their lives), or live stuff from the past. I usually talk about what's special about the song and/or artist and/or this particular performance.

Others consistently make this effort too, but some folks can't be arsed. Same as with the 'news' videos.

Sorry ... pet peeve

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. It conserves bandwidth.

People who are interested can pursue the issue further.

People who are not interested can move on to another thread.

[JI7]

8. But this is a discussion forum. Why does anyone need to be concerned about conserving bandwidth ?

Why not post some paragraphs from the article or even just a short explanation of what it's about ?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

15. It really doesn't ... not that I personally mind a tweet with an article in it

But it takes a LOT of plain text to equal the bandwidth required to display a tweet, because of all of it's formatting and icons and CSS and whatnot.

Just sayin'

[mahatmakanejeeves]

16. I hadn't thought of that. I'm not a computer person. Thanks. NT

[PatSeg]

17. That makes more sense to me

Meanwhile, I'd prefer an article over a tweet any day. Also, since Musk bought Twitter, I've made an effort not to go there whenever possible.

I never cared for Twitter to begin with and now I like it even less.

[MissMillie]

4. Well, I prefer the article

but I think people do it because it's faster for them.

A post with the title of the article (or at the very least a hint of the subject matter) and a couple of paragraphs is more likely to get my attention.

[PJMcK]

9. Laziness

I’d say discourteousness, too.

ETA: If something is worth a poster’s time to post, it seems worth a little effort to provide context.

[PatSeg]

18. Yes, thank you!

[sinkingfeeling]

13. I really appreciate when someone posts a video clip

and then puts a summary under it. I rarely click on videos from CNN or MSNBC, but love the short animal ones.

[FakeNoose]

19. It seems to be acceptable behavior on other forums

I share your annoyance with the DUers who don't take the time to describe or explain the video they are posting. Also people who post a tweet without even copy/pasting the text of the tweet. That's just rude because many people on DU can't see what's in the tweet, their security settings won't allow it. It's also lazy and inconsiderate for posters to do that.

However I've spent some time on Reddit, and perhaps a few other forums where posting in that manner is accepted. On Imgur there are no tweets allowed with live links, however people seem to post screenshots of tweets pretty regularly.

I hope DU makes a rule that live tweets won't be allowed in the near future. Posters will need to click through to the original material - it's almost always available somewhere outside of Twitter.

[Lancero]

20. Actual answer, most people here want to funnel views and clicks to Twitter.

The bigger question is why so many people here want to funnel views to a known RW website.

[SunImp]

24. Maybe they want to increase their post count

Same with those types that +1 or use emojis constantly

[48656c6c6f20]

28. YAFLOHTPODU

[Cha]

29. I know of at least 2 Prolific Posters

who post the tweet & an excerpt from the article.

And, I appreciate it!