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Elon Musk's X claims it's now a 'video-first platform' as it tries to reverse an advertiser exodus that has cost it billions in value (fortune.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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The claim is a major departure for the service, which has long been known as a destination for posting short snippets of text.

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[–] abhibeckert 38 points 10 months ago (2 children)

SMS was the original reason, but the side effect of forcing people to condense their thoughts into a couple sentences was pretty wonderful. Especially for an open ended community where anyone can talk about anything.

[–] Chriswild 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I disagree with you simply because brevity is nice but not at the expense of nuance. Having to try to follow a string of tweets because one simply can't suffice is awful.

[–] Gamoc 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't understand the difficulty, the series of tweets are all replies to the previous tweet in the chain. Where's the difficulty?

[–] Chriswild 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Likewise I don't understand the difficulty in reading more than 140 characters.

But I've never used Twitter so when I experience the platform it's through screen caps of tweets. Instead of having paragraphs and cohesive formatting it reads like a programmer who writes code all in one line. Sure, it can be done and it can be read but it's fucking awful that it isn't formatted correctly so that it is more clear.

[–] Gamoc 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's formatted how you'd expect if you've a timeline on anything, most recent at the top though, right?

[–] Chriswild 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thats not formatting. That's like reading a book transcribed on post-it notes and calling it a format. It can be ordered, yes but I'm talking about paragraphs and complete sentences.

[–] Gamoc 2 points 10 months ago

Sure, it's split into smaller bits because it's on a site designed for short posts, it's not hard to follow though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Wonderful in theory, but in practice it's a dumpster fire. Quick, mainstreamm-acceptable takes are incentived, and nuanced, alternative viewpoints are nearly impossible.

If it were all for hobby stuff, it would be fine, but when this is how most people get their news, it's not good.