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Twitter was doomed from the day it started, when it imposed the 140 character limit on what you got to say to the "world". I mean how can anyone have a meaning
by sean_patel 10y ago
Twitter was doomed from the day it started, when it imposed the 140 character limit on what you got to say to the "world".
I mean how can anyone have a meaningful conversation or make a point in 140 characters or less? The only person capable of doing the latter ("making a point") is the Republican Candidate for President - Donald J Trump i.e. @RealDonaldTrump - and what does that tell you?
( * = Unpleasant side-effects of the 140 character limit include 1) "longer tweet" sites and services that would link a 140+ character statement to their site, so you go elsewhere to read it and 2) celebs and influencers sending a series of tweets 1 after another, and the media and others have to piece them together painfully in order to make any sense of the tweets.
- nikatwork 10y agoPleasant side-effects include forcing a clear cogent point by eschewing excess verbiage. I personally find the 140 limit a useful antidote to the waffling academia trained me to employ in my writing.
- sean_patel 10y agosays the guy who made his point with 199 characters.
- nikatwork 10y agoHN is neither twitter nor a blog.