Twitter to Stop Counting Photos and Links in 140-Character Limit

Re:Twitter to Stop Counting Photos and Links in 140-Characte... by chris_wot on Monday May 16, 2016 @09:26PM (#11710791)

What's the best strategy for avoiding harassment? I have a Twitter account, but very, very rarely use it. It's my biggest concern really.

Knowing strategies to avoid just nasty people is the main issue I have with it. Like, if you go into Twitter and see that you have a whole bunch of Gamer Gayers targeting you (just an example, I can't see how I would be a target!) then I'd imagine having no Twitter would be preferable to actually having a Twitter account!

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Re:Twitter to Stop Counting Photos and Links in 140-Characte... by jsmeaton on Monday May 16, 2016 @10:37PM (#11711052)

You don't have to actually post anything. I use Twitter to consume information, not to blast it. Sometimes I'll retweet a project or maybe post an interesting bit of code, but that's unlikely to attract any negative attention. Avoid posting or retweeting contentious information, you'll be fine.

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Re:Twitter to Stop Counting Photos and Links in 140-Characte... by imron on Monday May 16, 2016 @09:54PM (#11710881)

> Knowing strategies to avoid just nasty people

Perhaps refrain from using childish insults like Gamer Gayers. Like attracts like.

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Re:Twitter to Stop Counting Photos and Links in 140-Characte... by chris_wot on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @12:12AM (#11711308)

Yow! That is fully an iPhone spelling fail. That was not in any way intended. Sorry about that!

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Re:Twitter to Stop Counting Photos and Links in 140-Characte... by imron on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @03:55AM (#11711946)

Alternatively, it is fully a lack of proofreading before hitting reply fail :-)

Either way, yes, out of all the words to misspell, that one was quite unfortunate.

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Re:Twitter to Stop Counting Photos and Links in 140-Characte... by chris_wot on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @11:20PM (#11719476)

Touché

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Re:Twitter to Stop Counting Photos and Links in 140-Characte... by oneeyedpigeon on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @04:15AM (#11711994)

You could, and should, edit it.

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Re:Twitter to Stop Counting Photos and Links in 140-Characte... by imron on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @04:49AM (#11712103)

Actually he can't. HN has a time limit on edits, and it's expired for my post above, which means it's also expired for his.

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Re:Twitter to Stop Counting Photos and Links in 140-Characte... by chris_wot on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @11:19PM (#11719472)

That was, sadly, correct.

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Re:Twitter to Stop Counting Photos and Links in 140-Characte... by pjc50 on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @05:46AM (#11712306)

I'd imagine having no Twitter would be preferable to actually having a Twitter account!

To some people it's so valuable to use as a means of participating in their community of choice that they're willing to keep using it despite severe harrasment.

Not being a woman gives you a big advantage against harrasment. But it can come from all sorts of weird places. My wife is a big Eurovision tweeter and encountered people who search for "Macedonia" to tweet Greek nationalist abuse at.

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Re:Twitter to Stop Counting Photos and Links in 140-Characte... by PKop on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @12:27AM (#11711346)

If some random person is harassing you, just block them. It's really simple. They can't see your tweets, and you won't see theirs.

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Re:Twitter to Stop Counting Photos and Links in 140-Characte... by oneeyedpigeon on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @04:17AM (#11712004)

You're only likely to be 'targetted' by anyone if you post strong opinions on contentious topics. Of course, that doesn't mean you shouldn't, but you should be prepared to defend your views or ignore certain reactions. This is all just real life, after all.

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