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1 CuriousLurker  Mar 15, 2015 1:36:24pm

Agreed on all three counts.

2 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate  Mar 15, 2015 4:16:29pm

People use Twitter in the same careless way as they use PowerPoint. They let the technology subvert common sense.

The behavior that irks me the collection of hashtags and/or twitter handles and a link to some tweet, with no commentary at all.

3 Charles Johnson  Mar 15, 2015 6:05:32pm

I’m guilty of sometimes tweeting LGF articles more than once, because I’ve learned that quite often, people miss them in the flood of information unless I try more than once.

And more than once, articles that didn’t get much response from the first tweet have gone viral because I kept at it. So that’s why I do it. I don’t post this stuff just so it can be ignored - I want as many people as possible to read it.

4 bratwurst  Mar 15, 2015 6:19:33pm

re: #3 Charles Johnson

I’m guilty of sometimes tweeting LGF articles more than once, because I’ve learned that quite often, people miss them in the flood of information unless I try more than once.

And more than once, articles that didn’t get much response from the first tweet have gone viral because I kept at it. So that’s why I do it. I don’t post this stuff just so it can be ignored - I want as many people as possible to read it.

I totally understand, and I appreciate that you tag such tweets ICYMI. This is not at all what I am talking about. There are accounts I like to follow which provide interesting information, but I have to mute because they retweet the same things twice a day EVERY SINGLE DAY. I get upset because I am genuinely interested in new information from these folks, but feel like I am being punished for following their feeds too closely. I honestly do not have that feeling with your feed.

5 lawhawk  Mar 15, 2015 7:40:21pm

Pet peeve:

When breaking news isn’t. It might be breaking to you, but to the folks who actually follow the news, it isn’t.

I’d rather see developing news, since the initial reports can include incorrect info.

6 The Mother Of All Pies  Mar 16, 2015 4:35:29am

I have a Meme Dump that is set to go off every day at around 9:00 AM, the main reason I do this is to bomb TCOT Meme Dumps that go off at the same time.

7 Drive By Commenter  Mar 16, 2015 10:18:18am

re: #3 Charles Johnson

I’m guilty of sometimes tweeting LGF articles more than once, because I’ve learned that quite often, people miss them in the flood of information unless I try more than once.

And more than once, articles that didn’t get much response from the first tweet have gone viral because I kept at it. So that’s why I do it. I don’t post this stuff just so it can be ignored - I want as many people as possible to read it.

Absolutely. You are one cork in that ocean. Lots of flotsam and jetsam in that Twitterverse. You pushback and fight the worst of the worst on that media. Kudos. I myself have given up Twitter as I cannot find boots high enough to wade in any longer. I agree with Bratwurst too. Far too much peripheral, if that’s the proper term, items on so many feeds. A lot of “Look what I can do!” and just outright hate and ignorance. I bailed. What I read here is enough Twitter for me.


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