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Threads is an excellent and unique medium that is easy to consume and share, take a look at these examples: - https://twitter.com/dannypostmaa/status/128295296

Threads is an excellent and unique medium that is easy to consume and share, take a look at these examples: - https://twitter.com/dannypostmaa/status/1282952961857970176 https://twitter.com/dannypostmaa/status/1282952961857970176 - https://twitter.com/robhope/status/1265278107088347136 https://twitter.com/robhope/status/1265278107088347136 Of course, you can make a blog post from such threads (and probably should, if the thread got traction), but it would look and read differently.

andrepd 6y ago
Can you explain why? Your reply is "it's better because it's better".
- kossnocorp 6y ago
  I never said that threads are better than blog posts. It's a different format and provides its advantages. - First of all, threads are often long-living i.e., authors update it over time. It allows them to surface the content every time they update it. - Secondly, often every tweet's a self-containing idea. Blog posts usually are worried and need more time to grasp. - Also, it's not only easy to consume but also to share. I like, write and consume both Twitter threads and blog posts.
- Jetroid 6y ago
  From my personal experience, people are more likely to read and share threads for a number of reasons: * They don't have to go off platform. * the base tweet can be much more eye catching that a link, even with social cards set up * People may be desensitised to links that lead off-platform, because that's how Ads generally appear on Twitter Then there are other advantages, like the fact that it tends to encourage you to write in a concise and direct way, with each tweet in the thread being like a bullet point. I often see people retweeting and engaging with a specific tweet from the thread; it's harder (relative term) to do that with a section from a blog post.
  - 6510 6y ago
    Depending on what you are doing(!) users stuck on a platform OR users who don't do links might or might not be the desired audience.
    - Jetroid 6y ago
      Maybe, but the question is: who are they going to share it to?
- city41 6y ago
  I think it's primarily because you put actual content right in front of them, increasing the chances of them getting hooked by quite a bit. Before your blog post has any chance of hooking people, they have to first take the plunge of clicking on it. Threads eliminate that friction.
Finnucane 6y ago
Those look terrible, like powerpoint presentations that you fall asleep in the middle of. And in any case, the link here was to a tool that was basically using blog-like editing tools to write blog-like threads. So, why not just blog?
- subsubzero 6y ago
  Agreed, what would be better would to maybe put the engagement stats(faves,replies, etc) to the right, expand replies to each tweet when clicked on pop from the right and then descend, but the thread itself a contiguous block of text/tweets all the way to the authors last tweet in the thread.

andrepd 6y ago

Can you explain why? Your reply is "it's better because it's better".

kossnocorp 6y ago
I never said that threads are better than blog posts. It's a different format and provides its advantages. - First of all, threads are often long-living i.e., authors update it over time. It allows them to surface the content every time they update it. - Secondly, often every tweet's a self-containing idea. Blog posts usually are worried and need more time to grasp. - Also, it's not only easy to consume but also to share. I like, write and consume both Twitter threads and blog posts.
Jetroid 6y ago
From my personal experience, people are more likely to read and share threads for a number of reasons: * They don't have to go off platform. * the base tweet can be much more eye catching that a link, even with social cards set up * People may be desensitised to links that lead off-platform, because that's how Ads generally appear on Twitter Then there are other advantages, like the fact that it tends to encourage you to write in a concise and direct way, with each tweet in the thread being like a bullet point. I often see people retweeting and engaging with a specific tweet from the thread; it's harder (relative term) to do that with a section from a blog post.
- 6510 6y ago
  Depending on what you are doing(!) users stuck on a platform OR users who don't do links might or might not be the desired audience.
  - Jetroid 6y ago
    Maybe, but the question is: who are they going to share it to?
city41 6y ago
I think it's primarily because you put actual content right in front of them, increasing the chances of them getting hooked by quite a bit. Before your blog post has any chance of hooking people, they have to first take the plunge of clicking on it. Threads eliminate that friction.

Finnucane 6y ago

Those look terrible, like powerpoint presentations that you fall asleep in the middle of. And in any case, the link here was to a tool that was basically using blog-like editing tools to write blog-like threads. So, why not just blog?

subsubzero 6y ago
Agreed, what would be better would to maybe put the engagement stats(faves,replies, etc) to the right, expand replies to each tweet when clicked on pop from the right and then descend, but the thread itself a contiguous block of text/tweets all the way to the authors last tweet in the thread.