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I love reading long stories in a twitter format /s that's why twitter came to be. 160 characters in 30 blocks

• harryh 7y ago
  @threadreaderapp is your friend: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1152277166996017152.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1152277166996017152.html
• geofft 7y ago
  For these types of stories, I find it much more readable than a giant wall of text - the structure of the medium forces you into better storytelling. (Not everything is this type of story, though! I would hate reading a research paper in this format, where each two-sentence block was intended to be interesting enough to be retweeted on its own.) This isn't unusual in human storytelling. Other forms with a history of constraint causing a better result than an unconstrained pile of text include poetry, songs, and presentation slides.
  • jakobegger 7y ago
    Twitter threads feel more focussed (than long form content) to me. People skip fluff and focus on the important parts.