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deepbrown

Posting links to Twitter that then link to the original Article - why?

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Hi PS5 sub, I've been seeing this a lot lately here - people are posting links to a tweet which then links through to the full article.

There are two posts up now that link to a broadcast tweet, and I've seen loads in the past.

I wouldn't want to block Twitter as it can be a news site in and of itself. And wouldn't want to give mods a new filtering job. But if we all agree not to do this with a consensus that would be good.

Ps. What's the motive of doing this?Is it because these particular domains are banned from Reddit? Or because ops are competing for karma as the original link has already been posted? Or just the first link they found?

Posted May 6, 2020, 4:05 PM UTC

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MeDungeon•

It's advertisement. Go subscribe for my twitter account!

I would say it should be banned if not paid for.

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Th0rst31N:PS: •

Twitter is easy to share from.

I agree that it should link the original article.

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Dallywack3r•

It is impossible to open Twitter links via the app

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[deleted]•

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deepbrownOP•

Maybe true, but it seems so common here and I'm on reddit a lot...

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Semifreak•

One of my pet peeves is to link a news 'article' that end up being a no-name shit site linking to the actual article. If you are sharing a link, share the link. Why would you want to share something but be considerate of those reading your post? Heck, post a blurb or something alongside it. Many people literally go with the title of the article and that's it- which in a lot of times is clickbait or vague on purpose.

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PlanetJumble•

Because that's what they read. Then they share it. Then another one can share a Reddit link leading to a Twitter link leading to the original article... ;)

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reinking:PS:•

I am not sure it is much different than linking to an article that sources another. One of the posts you mentioned is a tweet that links to an article that then links to another article as the source. I do not mind the linking to tweets as much as I do the misleading headlines.

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deepbrownOP•

I agree that both are bad, but at least with an article you can read the content. With a tweet you just have the headline

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almathden•

worse is "articles" that link to another source but add no new information. You don't need to "write" an "article" - just post a link and nod to the people who scooped you.

gotta get them clicks though amirite?

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Rodribu95•

Cry.

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Rodribu95•

Go cry someone else

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