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by SpicyLemonZest 1614 days ago
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.
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aspenmayer 1614 days ago
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?

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SpicyLemonZest 1614 days ago
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.
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aspenmayer 1613 days ago
> 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.

We’re not talking about random tweets, we’re talking about on-topic tweets from posters like foone which consistently post relevant content. You’re throwing the good out with the bad and claiming that folks submitting off topic links are bad apples that ruin the whole barrel. I just don’t find your logical argument internally consistent or rational.

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SpicyLemonZest 1613 days ago
Again, what I'm saying is that I don't think there's much good being thrown out. I don't know who foone is, so it's possible I have a biased sample somehow (maybe I don't visit at the right times?) but almost every tweet I've seen linked on HN has been false or misleading.
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aspenmayer 1612 days ago
There have been multiple tweets that reached the front page in the last 24 hours that were quality, substantive, relevant to HN content.

I’ll admit I do use Twitter (and HN!) a lot, though.

Here’s one with 600+ points. You’re telling me we should block Twitter on HN. I’m saying that’s a bad idea for HN. Seems like the users of HN agree with me. HN is for all of us, not just any one user’s preferences.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29913693

https://twitter.com/TechEmails/status/1481339345822879745

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