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I'll take a contrary opinion -- forcing each thought into a tweet is a nice constraint that compels people to get to the point. This would probably be less well
by dilap 8y ago
I'll take a contrary opinion -- forcing each thought into a tweet is a nice constraint that compels people to get to the point. This would probably be less well-written as, say, a Medium article.
- rdiddly 8y agoI actually agree with that - it's an interesting exercise to communicate concisely within a limit. (Sort of like Vine, which Twitter destroyed, but oops there I go getting smart-assy again.) It's just, if that's your game, stick to the game, don't cheat by sprawling across 14 of those. It fails as an instance of the Tweet artform because cumulatively it's too long, and it fails as a longer-form piece because it's all broken up. If I strung together 1780 Vines to make Fellowship of the Ring (and yes, nerdily, the math works out there), what have I proven? My powers of conciseness and economy? My respect for rules and limits? My ability to choose the right tool for the job?
- thatoneuser 8y agoWell yeah the point of medium is sound like you're giving information when really you're just making yourself sound smart. So if this were medium Wed never actually talk about what caused the crash and instead spend an hour going over why you NEED to use some esoteric library.