[zo1]

This is super important for everyone to see. The timestamp is not proof of time of test but rather the time that the test was "generated" for download. Anyone prominent on Twitter should respond and assist with this information.

I've done these kinds of systems many times in the past and there could be any amount of reasons why a timestamp is included like this. Especially with weird government regulations, policies and rules that mandate all sorts of info to be included inside government documents. Like adding a year or date to when a company was registered to a company's company registration no.

[kkjjkgjjgg]

Nah, let's just run with the story first, could generate a fair amount of clicks!

[SpicyLemonZest]

I've been beating this drum for a while, but HN really needs to just ban direct links to Twitter threads. I can't remember the last time I saw one on the front page that was actually true.

[aspenmayer]

So new policy is to shoot the messenger, then?

[SpicyLemonZest]

When the messenger is spreading false information all the time, yeah, you shouldn't let them be a messenger anymore. I wasn't being hyperbolic: the vast majority of Twitter threads that I've seen make it to the HN frontpage, easily above 75%, are factually incorrect ragebait.

[aspenmayer]

Sucks to be the fourth messenger then. Blanket bans would also block post by amazing Twitter users like foone.

It sounds like you just don’t like or use Twitter. Is that accurate?

[SpicyLemonZest]

No, I go on Twitter multiple times a week and generally like it. Any active Twitter user will tell you that it's common for false and misleading tweets to go viral. That doesn't mean the site is bad, but it does mean it's a bad idea to go around posting random tweets on news aggregators, since there'll always be someone tweeting any take you can think of.