A modest proposal

[Geechie]

Can we please stop with the links to tweets that have no explanation & require one to go to Twitter to find out what they’re about? I feel like DU is becoming an appendix of Twitter, and that’s a real sad thing to contemplate.

[PJMcK]

1. I completely agree

In fact, I was just writing an OP to the same point.

If the OP is just a link to Twitter, you've lost my interest. If you really have a point, please take the time to make it.

[Devil Child]

2. As much as I want to agree

Twitter has become a public square in a sense and can’t be ignored as a outlet for breaking news or statements.

[Geechie]

17. I'm not arguing that point.

I'm saying at least give the headline, maybe a paragraph. Otherwise it just feels like click bait.

[Stuart G]

3. No explation at the top is wrong...No explanation is _? Got it?..Great Comparson..No explanation of:

NO EXPLAINATION OF ......" A MODEST PROPOSAL EITHER"..original idea: Jonathan Swift...
Why not give credit to Jonathan Swift for the term..."A Modest Proposal?"

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A Modest Proposal For preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial to the Publick,[1] commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. The essay suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food to rich gentlemen and ladies. This satirical hyperbole mocked heartless attitudes towards the poor, as well as British policy toward the Irish in general.

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Not nice to use a historical phrase with .....no explanation..............doing exactly what the poster says
not to do...

So...in reality...A MODEST PROPOSAL...IS..."A MODEST PROPOSAL

[Geechie]

18. Um, no. n/t

[Croney]

4. To me, it's the equivalent of using just the word THIS as the subject line.

I like it when the tweet is embedded in the post so I don't have to click.

[madinmaryland]

9. "Call your congressman RIGHT FUCKING NOW!" or...

“Turn Joe Scar on Right fucking now!”

Well, why should I?

[PJMcK]

12. The fun comes later

Usually I don't see those RFN posts until hours later so they are irrelevant.

Well, not so much fun, after all. Just annoying.

[NJCher]

15. another annoyance

"this" tells me nothing. At least give us a clue as to what the topic is.

[abqtommy]

5. My chosen response in this is to employ the Trash This Thread option.

[Rebl2]

6. Agree!

[flying_wahini]

7. Maybe DU needs a Twitter thread?????

Personally, I think Twitter is a better news source than ordinary news links.

[garybeck]

8. agree. i'm not even on twitter.

i click the links sometimes to read more but i shouldn't have to click into twitter to just get the basic idea of the post.

[catrose]

10. THANK YOU

[RussellCattle]

11. Even if it doesn't link to Twitter, ambiguous post titles should be discouraged.

[PurgedVoter]

13. I Clicked on a DU original post and you won't belive what happened next!!!!

I got the feeling that i had just been hit with click bait. Yes, the twit without explanation or the immediately dated headline are both nuisances.
When they post, "JUST HAPPENING NOW!!!" and it is two hours old, and I see the same poster did it before, I seriously consider choosing to not see that poster in the future. Serious points off for that.
When they have an undescribed, under-detailed or click bait style link to anything, I want to be able to vote it down. While your opinion is not always needed in a post, putting something up without letting me in for what I am about to waste time on without any of your observations is lazy and abusive.
Honestly, I don't want DU to turn into click bait.

[housecat]

14. Unless DU is considered social media,

I can say that I have never used any social media such as twitter or facebook, and I intend to keep it that way.

[central scrutinizer]

16. Whew!

I thought you wanted me to eat an Irish orphan.

[Geechie]

19. Tee hee!

I'm glad you got the reference. I'm sorry somebody else on this thread thought I was a bad person for using that as my title. While I don't believe Swift invented the phrase, he did make good use of it!

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. Many people see the whole tweet when just a link is put into the DU post

I do; I always view DU on my PC. Perhaps it's when viewing on a phone, or using the mobile view, that people don't see it. But unless you know that others don't see what you do, then it would seem like needless repetition to duplicate what the tweet says.