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There's a real reason why tweet-chains like this work, and a big part of it is that blogs are separate from social networks and you have to use a mediocre link

There's a real reason why tweet-chains like this work, and a big part of it is that blogs are separate from social networks and you have to use a mediocre link to attract views, while twitter-chains are inherently integrated into the network, so you're not linking to the content, you're directly sharing it. I understand that the limitations of twitter make it a difficult format to express it, but like most mediums with major limitations, these limitations can breed creativity and greatness. There's a reason why a Facebook post goes viral on Facebook a lot easier than anywhere else. Same reason why twitter-chains are successful. I'm sure blogger posts are popular on blogger though.

__david__ 9y ago
Except it didn't actually work—when I read it the messages stopped at about 31/60, then twitter started showing replies and I could never find #32 an later. Blogs don't have that problem. Twitter is pretty useless for real communication.
- criley2 9y ago
  You should realize that I wasn't saying "thing works for you individually" and rather was saying "thing works generally and is succeeding" I'm sorry you had a bad user experience. However your anecdote does not invalidate the reality that tweet chains are far more popular than blogs for spreading analysis of news today. They are extremely popular and successful, even if you have personally failed to use them as you would like. This, IMO, is like someone experiencing motion sickness while using an Oculus Rift and then boldly proclaiming all of VR to be a complete failure.