quote: Mouse Oh look, your Guardian Live Blog is just linking to Tweets now. At least that's honest.
yourlocalguardian.co.uk != guardian.co.uk
I don't even think they're the same company, but they're definitely different websites.
The one I linked to (which I simple found through a search; it's not mine, and I have no idea what it's actually like as a media outlet) is posting stuff from reporters called Peter Truman and Hannah Williamson who are actually there - they're not just repeating people's Twitter posts.
quote: Mouse I dislike reading polished version of things now, it's too easy and you rarely get the full picture.
Twitter doesn't give the full picture. Even if all the shit which is wrong with Twitter was magically fixed, you'd still get probably false stuff like this:
quote: Twitter Breaking news; David Cameron rides into Croydon astride a polar bear, bringing a dramatic end to the #LondonRiots.
And definitely false stuff like this:
quote: Twitter Widespread looting round Croydon, reports of large stores being hit and no police.
Then there's this:
quote: Twitter RT @marcreeves The shop in Croydon is on a street that bears its name: Reeves Corner. Established by my gt gt grandfather in 1867. Now gone.
This:
quote: Twitter RT @marcreeves: That shop in Croydon is on a street that bears its name: Reeves Corner. Established by my gt gt grandfather in 1867 Now gone
This:
quote: Twitter RT @marcreeves: That shop in Croydon is on a street that bears its name: Reeves Corner. Established by my gt gt grandfather in 1867 Now gone
Repeat 100 times.
And that's just the direct re-tweats, there's then all the people saying the exact same thing in different ways, and all the responses to that.
Ok, it's sad someone has had their furniture shop destroyed, but I don't want to read about it in every other message.
I want to find out what's going on.
I want to know stuff like this:
quote: not Twitter About 100 youths are in a stand off with police as police closed off North End to pedestrians. Some missiles have been thrown at the police line near London Road and youths are taunting officers as they attempt to keep people out of the borough's main shopping area.
quote: not Twitter One petrified motorist warned drivers to avoid the stretch of London Road leading up to West Croydon station as gangs of marauding youths in balaclavas were attacking cars.
...
"Another car crashed as he swerved to avoid another vehicle. It is very dangerous down here and my heart is still thumping from the experience."
quote: not Twitter A double decker bus is ablaze near Reeves Corner with a large gathering of youths gathered around watching it burn.
I don't just want to read what the media writes - I'd be interested if anyone was trying to make any statement or if it is 100% pure destruction and pillaging - and you generally wont get that from standard news.
But being able to see an instant overview of the most significant pieces of information (especially from multiple sources) is helpful to obtaining that full picture.
quote: I don't really get why you think the UI is shit. It's just a stream of information.
If you really don't get what's wrong with it and need to ask how it could be changed then I'm not sure there's any point in me wasting time trying to point out why it's so incredibly shit.
Do you really see nothing wrong with this:
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