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The point was that reasoned, articulate debate is possible (or at least, substantially easier) on sites without character limits such as Facebook (and I'm sure
by byuu 11y ago
The point was that reasoned, articulate debate is possible (or at least, substantially easier) on sites without character limits such as Facebook (and I'm sure it's happened a few times); not that it'll suddenly be the norm if Twitter removes this artificial barrier. I am somewhat surprised I have to clarify this :/
- Apocryphon 11y agoTwitter without character limits will be pretty much Tumblr. Surely there is reasoned, articulate debate there. Less flippantly, Twitter without character limits will be Medium, which was founded by Twitter co-founders. Why do we have to remove everything that makes Twitter, Twitter, in order to improve Twitter?
- untog 11y agoSo, reasoned and articulate debate can happen on Facebook, which has no limits, and Twitter, which does. So reasoned debate isn't really connected to character limit at all - you can be insightful or an asshole in both.
- chipsy 11y agoOTOH, this thread stands as evidence that quantity isn't the bottleneck for articulation.