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That's too harsh. People don't go to twitter for lengthy paragraphs or op-eds. They go there for concise humor, news and generally just to find out what is happ

by Ganz7 9y ago

That's too harsh. People don't go to twitter for lengthy paragraphs or op-eds. They go there for concise humor, news and generally just to find out what is happening with the world. You're ignoring the real-time connectivity that twitter offers to the entire world. No other platform comes close. And sometimes, this concise thought platform is not enough to share an in-depth thought. Hence, this. My only complaint here is that this took way too long. Things must move really slow at twitter.

minikites 9y ago
>People don't go to twitter for lengthy paragraphs or op-eds. If this was true, don't you think people would stop posting tweetstorms that are 50-100 (sometimes more) tweets long?
- maxerickson 9y ago
  Both can be true. It's entirely possible that the majority of traffic is people that never read tweetstorms and also that tweetstorms are very effective for some users.
- tomjen3 9y ago
  I am a daily Twitter user (the key is to find interesting people, and to block annoying people), and I doubt I have seen more than a handful of tweetstorms over 20 and certainly not more than 50.
  - karlshea 9y ago
    I've started following @SethAbramson for his analysis of the Muller investigation and a recent thread of his was over 130. To be fair, even he hates it: https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/940658870808186881 https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/940658870808186881 > 1. I hate Twitter. > 2. No one should be on Twitter. > 3. I can't wait to no longer be on Twitter. But using it gets him the reach he wants shrug.
  - libertyEQ 9y ago
    I quit Twitter in '10 b/c of the 'social media consultants.' I recently started simply bookmarking specific accounts related to politics and propaganda. When certain Tweets get lots of comments, I read them all (up X,000s; yes, this is problem). I'd be curious about your thoughts WRT to this thread, and the resulting 'threaded cache.' https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/939432544008921088 https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/939432544008921088 And this was turned into: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/939432544008921088 https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/939432544008921088 Edit: I should add that I don't have a Twitter account anymore, just a lurker.

by Ganz7 9y ago

minikites 9y ago

>People don't go to twitter for lengthy paragraphs or op-eds. If this was true, don't you think people would stop posting tweetstorms that are 50-100 (sometimes more) tweets long?

maxerickson 9y ago
Both can be true. It's entirely possible that the majority of traffic is people that never read tweetstorms and also that tweetstorms are very effective for some users.
tomjen3 9y ago
I am a daily Twitter user (the key is to find interesting people, and to block annoying people), and I doubt I have seen more than a handful of tweetstorms over 20 and certainly not more than 50.
- karlshea 9y ago
  I've started following @SethAbramson for his analysis of the Muller investigation and a recent thread of his was over 130. To be fair, even he hates it: https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/940658870808186881 https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/940658870808186881 > 1. I hate Twitter. > 2. No one should be on Twitter. > 3. I can't wait to no longer be on Twitter. But using it gets him the reach he wants shrug.
- libertyEQ 9y ago
  I quit Twitter in '10 b/c of the 'social media consultants.' I recently started simply bookmarking specific accounts related to politics and propaganda. When certain Tweets get lots of comments, I read them all (up X,000s; yes, this is problem). I'd be curious about your thoughts WRT to this thread, and the resulting 'threaded cache.' https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/939432544008921088 https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/939432544008921088 And this was turned into: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/939432544008921088 https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/939432544008921088 Edit: I should add that I don't have a Twitter account anymore, just a lurker.