The idea that you can have a quality debate in 250 chars or less is fundamentally what's wrong with the quality of debate. The format itself encourages people

The idea that you can have a quality debate in 250 chars or less is fundamentally what's wrong with the quality of debate. The format itself encourages people to gloss over nuance, ignore complexity, and simply declare a position which anyone who disagrees is at least wrong and very possibly evil, depending on the topic. Twitter is a great platform for shooting the shit, rapidly conveying breaking news, and snappy one-liners. It's actively bad for any kind of in-depth analysis. Twitter should focus on improving the patform's natural strengths, not trying to make it into something it can only ever fail at.