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by jcoder 834 days ago
Why a xitter post of a screenshot with no link when the full article is public? https://support.docusign.com/s/document-item?language=en_US&...
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NewJazz 834 days ago
Because that article is published by docusign and they could change it.
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ehPReth 834 days ago
https://web.archive.org (take a screenshot option if you have a login and it's JS madness WBM can't handle), https://archive.ph, etc (hopefully captured more than one if possible) - random screenshots are proof of absolutely nothing.

(here's one for the page above: https://archive.is/e6K4K)

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DistractionRect 834 days ago
In that case a link to an archived copy is preferable to a screenshot of the partial document hosted by Twitter.
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fddrdplktrew 834 days ago
An archive link should be added as a comment automatically for all posts... in some cases it would even allow you to bypass paywalls...
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ankit219 834 days ago
Because twitter downranks any tweet with link, so now users put a pic/screenshot in first tweet with the link in the next tweet.
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silok 834 days ago
Also because xitter provides a broader discussion platform and reach compared to only HN (even though I highly appreciate the HN content). But yeah, the xitter post should preferably also contain that url to the source.
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