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He’s enjoying comments like yours: https://twitter.com/foone/status/1372945848485605378?s=21

Let's stay on topic please. This is tedious, and worse, it's always the same, which is not interesting.

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26514848.

Unclear why he's complaining about the non-existent complaining. No comment here is whining about the format except in jest. The comment you replied to is doing exactly what he suggests: using software to make it readable as a blog for those who prefer it.

He mentions getting pinged by multiple HN scraping bots, and he's unable to block his content from being uploaded to HN. It sounds like he's just kind of annoyed and prefers a different communication medium.

I think it's funny.

The complaining may not be present in this thread, but historically there's at least 5 or so upvoted comments complaining about the format the content is posted in or complaining about the website used to host the content.

I think his tweets are fair given how absolutely toxic some posters on here can be.

Are they though? I mean if it was just the first couple, I would agree, but that's basically a forty tweet rant about something that's not happening.

I think he's just having fun with it. No one is requiring you to read that thread.

Note that Foone’s rant didn’t specifically reference any comments on this submission, but rather as a general occurrence whenever their content gets posted to HN. Which is definitely a valid observation: from what I’ve seen, nearly every Twitter thread that hits the front page gets the tedious “I don’t like Twitter” and “this should be a blog post” comments (whether or not the thread is from Foone).

In fact, in the time since Foone posted that followup, several people did in fact post comments complaining about Twitter: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26515506 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26515604 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26516435

I live in one of the regions of the world where Twitter has never been popular. According to surveys, only 11% of Quebecers are on Twitter (compared to 77% for Facebook).

I have never created an account and, for me, the format of the threads is strange.

So I always have a thread reader application in my bookmarks bar for when I need to explore the platform. I even put that link through the application in order to read it so the jokes fell flat. Even what I understand to be one letter per tweet came across well.

I don't understand why they complain. They enjoy the platform because it allows them to write quick messages. I enjoy the platform because I can easily read it using third-party software. Everyone is winning here.

Sharing the threadreaderapp link to my local friends who are not on twitter means I am sure they read it all. Otherwise, most people just read the first message.

Edit: This comment was written when this thread was under my parent comment.

Doesn't look enjoyable to me. Looks like he's getting angry.

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