Ask HN: Have you ever read a tweet that made a meaningful impact on your life?

HamburgerEmoji · on Oct 9, 2021

Here's a recent thread that seemed worthwhile, something you're not likely to read about in the news: https://twitter.com/gluboco/status/1446134032027176965

Glenn Greenwald on "whistleblowers": https://mobile.twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/144573245699742...

An expert endorsing a worthwhile video I didn't know about: https://twitter.com/RWMaloneMD/status/1445484631470477318

Overall I basically despise Twitter. But I don't think you have the right concept about what it's for. If you want to read incredibly insightful stuff, look elsewhere, in books.

But if you want to help reassure people of their sanity in cultural fights, Twitter is where a lot of the fighting happens. But even there, take note, the fighting is not to persuade people. That's basically impossible, unless people are really on the fence. It's all about reassurance of sanity among people who are already your allies.

linsomniac · on Oct 9, 2021

Not me, I was sitting 3 rows back from the offending parties, but there was that person who's tweet at PyCon kicked off what became known as "Donglegate". IIRC, everyone involved lost their jobs (the two involved in making the jokes and the one who reported it, she was a developers advocate and "after this incident you can no longer effectively advocate for developers". Again, from memory).

drooby · on Oct 9, 2021

Not a tweet.. but a Reddit comment..

Was looking for ways to make beer money in college. Read a comment explaining how mobile apps could generate some passive side income.

~8 years later. Majored in CS. Work full time as a Sr iOS engineer. And here I am posting on hacker news.

berkeshire · on Oct 9, 2021

https://twitter.com/jposhaughnessy/status/134717615072916275...

https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1329330848919810049

ricklamers · on Oct 10, 2021

I liked some of the points in this thread https://twitter.com/g_s_bhogal/status/1438972527838117895

Like “Cumulative Culture: Humanity's success is due not to our individual IQs but to our culture, which stockpiles our best ideas for posterity so they compound across generations. The ideas we adopt from society are often far older than us, and far wiser.”