There are a lot of problems with twitter, but it's great for people who want to share a short thing like this.
From this thread I particularly enjoyed the video of a steam train in an underground station.
I don't know why I enjoy twitter threads like this so much. I hate "factoids" (eg snapple bottle cap real facts), but these twitter threads feel a bit more truthy.
What exactly am I to do with the link provided, on the desktop? I click on it and I get the first part of of the message 1/6. There is no intuitive way to continue reading. If I click the replies button, I'm invited to join Twitter. Why should I do that?
As you can imagine, I have the exact opposite feeling, this is the absolute worst way to share a story. Pushing the "network effect moat" pedal to the metal by denying service to non-memebers. Not even evil Facebook takes it to this level (it used to, though).
it's text, with images interspersed. it's a perfectly usable way to present information. to read it, you just keep reading - all the information is there on the page. or are you not seeing something that looks like this:
I find Twitter pretty great for for traffic or transit problems. There are usually people complaining or posting about it within minutes of the problem and i've usually gotten more accurate up to date info about local things like that by scrolling through Twitter threads about them than official statements.
Also the police scanner ones are pretty great. They're how I learned about a naked man that chased a pig down the street one night in the middle of the city.
From this thread I particularly enjoyed the video of a steam train in an underground station.
I don't know why I enjoy twitter threads like this so much. I hate "factoids" (eg snapple bottle cap real facts), but these twitter threads feel a bit more truthy.
Here's another thread about a woman who ran across Westminster Bridge in less than the time it takes for Big Ben to chime midday. https://twitter.com/meandmybigmouth/status/10584361322062684...
That's at least 250 metres (I guess, I don't know where they measure the start and stop of the bridge) in about 55 seconds.
And here's another about the shape of historical cows: "A serious query: were cows in nineteenth century Britain as rectangular shaped as painters envisioned them?" https://twitter.com/zeenastarbuck/status/1046563793701163010