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I have a sneaking suspicion that the ability to connect tweets to get something resembling a longer tweet is probably considered to be a bit of a cop out. The
by hvindin 11y ago
I have a sneaking suspicion that the ability to connect tweets to get something resembling a longer tweet is probably considered to be a bit of a cop out.
The reasoning behind retaining the 140 character limit seems to be that if it's longer than 140 characters - post it elsewhere, then link to it if you want it on your feed. Trying to cater to the market where you can create messages to your social network that are somewhat untargeted seems like it would make twitter less able to offer the 'of the moment brevity' they want, and really would result in them being a partially implemented feature that already exists on other social media platforms.
- stormbrew 11y agoI disagree, and I personally rarely click through to such "I expand on my thoughts over there" posts. I don't read twitter for that. But I think there is value to the concept of forcing brevity, and I think it's essential to twitter. As I said, some people abuse it and those people should do just as you said, because that's what they really want. Connected tweets are basically like a semicolon in normal writing. They imply a loose connectedness between independent thoughts. When used that way I think they're incredibly valuable for certain kinds of expression, and they still force brevity upon you in ways that "oh just go look at my 10,000 word essay on Medium" does not.