Comment on Why do new sites embed tweets?

TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• blargerer@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Although this provides the best experience (very broadly speaking) for new users. It only takes looking at websites from 20 years ago to realize that it ages very poorly and no one maintains the links/external media once they break.

  source
• gedaliyah@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This seems like the most reasonable (and ethical) reason for the decision. Someone else mentioned ToS, which might be a stronger (but not necessarily ethical) reason. I would think that if it is not a result of the Terms, problems with embedding strongly outweigh the benefits. If it’s just about the Terms, I’d think a good journalist should quote the text in the article (same as reporting on any public statement), then hyperlink the site.

  That would fully be compatible with device and accessibility settings, and provide the same verification as the embedded X. It would be better for journalism because editing could happen from the X side in the future, including removal, which is already possible. It would be better for privacy, web integrity, etc.

  It’s probably easier to do too.

  source
• magnetosphere@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Those are indeed good reasons, but there’s so much other content that doesn’t scale, like charts and graphs. If I was running a large media company, I’d rather use high-resolution screenshots than let the Muskrat alter the content of my stories.

  Let him sue. I’d rather go to court than let that jackass undermine journalistic integrity.

  source