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So now it's like Tumblr. Now they only need to remove 140-character limit and there will be no differences at all. "The heart, in contrast, is a universal symb
by Grue3 11y ago
So now it's like Tumblr. Now they only need to remove 140-character limit and there will be no differences at all.
"The heart, in contrast, is a universal symbol that resonates across languages, cultures, and time zones."
I don't really buy it. Many countries have stars in their flags/coats of arms. There's no such unified symbolism for hearts. For example Chinese pictogram for heart is 心.
- omni 11y ago> Many countries have stars in their flags/coats of arms. And the meaning of stars on flags is definitely not "this is something I really like." It's not a clear symbol of anything.
- nationcrafting 11y agoIt'd be surreal if the stars on their flags were bookmarks.
- nosuchthing 11y agoUI/UX design. Native external media integration. Twitter does a weird thing where they crop the top and bottom of photos, requiring you to click it to see more of the image. For 140 character posts, somehow the twitter design has ended up as an cumbersome and cluttered webpage. Interesting to think about how similar Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, and Ello are. Knowing how easily any user base can jump ship if one starts to go down, others are ready to pick up the deserters in a heartbeat.
- chillacy 11y agoIf there's anything anthropology has taught us, it's that the claim "X is a universal symbol that resonates across languages, cultures, and time zones" is almost certainly not the case. There are languages without nouns, languages with only two colors, languages with no tenses to differentiate time, etc. Maybe twitter meant "it's a universal symbol that resonates across cultures which derive from the european middle ages" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_(symbol) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_(symbol)