Fleets: A new way to join the conversation

Re:Fleets: A new way to join the conversation by CerealFounder on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @01:22PM (#25127457)

This barely solves anything. All public people get screenshoted and once this rolls out, I imagine someone will find a way to screenshot all tweets.

HN is a huge community and I imagine full of ex-employees of Twitter, what exactly does the organization believe the businesses core focus/value is? Like what is the framework they are growing towards?

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Re:Fleets: A new way to join the conversation by netsharc on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @01:50PM (#25127903)

I've never worked for Twitter, my guess is their business idea is "Well, Snapchat has it, Instagram/WhatsApp/Facebook have copied it, we should also offer it.".

I returned to browsing Twitter more after the election, and IMO it hasn't changed, it's just a place to get your dopamine hit when you see a tweet you agree with get traction, or for some adrenaline when you read something supremely idiotic. I thought about replying to 1 or 2 tweets, but geez, will anyone read it, will it change anyone's mind?

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Re:Fleets: A new way to join the conversation by danenania on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @02:14PM (#25128259)

Would a screenshot of a deleted tweet hold up as evidence, either for an investigative journalist or in court? Given how easy it is to produce fake tweet screenshots, it seems it would be difficult-to-impossible to 100% verify authenticity, unless you had Twitter’s cooperation.

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Re:Fleets: A new way to join the conversation by twic on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @02:18PM (#25128315)

There's already independent recording of deleted tweets by politicians:

https://www.politwoops.com/countries

They could easily record fleets as well.

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