The strength of Twitter lies in the real time responses to major events, however the shortform promotes a loss-of-depth which leads to misunderstandings as writers are forced to omit context and details. It also essentially stifles any deep thoughts or insights, and the presence of 'Twitter threads' - chains of Twitter messages by the sa…
The strength of Twitter lies in the real time responses to major events, however the shortform promotes a loss-of-depth which leads to misunderstandings as writers are forced to omit context and details. It also essentially stifles any deep thoughts or insights, and the presence of 'Twitter threads' - chains of Twitter messages by the same author writing on the same topic - shows it is several sizes too small.
The strength of Twitter lies in the real time responses to major events, however the shortform promotes a loss-of-depth which leads to misunderstandings as writers are forced to omit context and details. It also essentially stifles any deep thoughts or insights, and the presence of 'Twitter threads' - chains of Twitter messages by the same author writing on the same topic - shows it is several sizes too small.
Twitter would be perfect, if people were.
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