Twitter is working on a new feature to "help promote informed discussion." Intellectually I like the nudge toward us reading any articles we share and thinking deeply about them. #UX wise I strongly dislike adding yet another interstitial layer of interaction. What do you think?
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10 Jun 2020
Sharing an article can spark conversation, so you may want to read it before you Tweet it. To help promote informed discussion, we're testing a new prompt on Android –– when you Retweet an article that you haven't opened on Twitter, we may ask if you'd like to open it first.

Jun 11, 2020 · 3:28 AM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag
I agree before sharing an article you should read it. However, I have don’t use the Twitter browser because it kind of sucks. Why assume I haven’t read the article and need to be reminded? Stop trying to help me.
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That's an interesting point regarding trying to help the user or you specifically in this case. I personally agree. The caveat being that many people use social networks that aren't that tech savvy. Of course there are many people using social networks who aren't Savvy at all 😂
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Replying to @mholzschlag
While I haven't encountered this yet, I don't have a problem with the additional interaction as long as there's conditional logic to only prompt people once, as a means of awareness. Beyond that it becomes a nuisance, as ppl will RT anyway.
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Of course that's the flaw in the plan as you point out. It's the old you can lead a horse to water but can't make it drink phenomenon. It's intriguing but I find it disruptive personally. It will be interesting to see how it pans out or does not! Hope you're having a great day😊