I had to click like 5 links from that link in order to get to a site which requires me to sign in before allowing me to see the content. I still have no idea what I'm supposed to be seeing. And no idea what the connection between "datalisp" and content tagging systems is.

Maybe that's why twitter man?

Yeah I am not a fan of the login walls and all that either but there is a reason that we should try to use free and open source software and currently matrix is the option that is convincing enough to use.

Datalisp.is the web of trust / semantic web / whatever. It doesn't exist outside my head currently but it also exists in lots of other heads (at least bits and pieces) so I believe we should manifest it.

Seriously. I'm not a twitter fan, but even so, it's a short-form medium. Why do people abuse it like this, especially with great content? What's so bad about tweeting a link to a blog?

Anyhow, I use threadereaderapp to get through the frustrating twitter UI and the ways that it is abused: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1534301374166474752.html

> Why do people abuse it like this, especially with great content?

Probably to get a wider audience to actually read and engage with the ideas, and to crowdsource relevant information from said audience.

> What's so bad about tweeting a link to a blog?

Probably an 80%+ reduction (total guess) in the number of people who engage directly with the content and author.