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If only there was a way to communicate more than a couple sentences at the time over the internet. Someone should make that!

wmeredith 7y ago
I find "tweet storms" insufferable
- qnsi 7y ago
  you can thank pmarca for that one
notatoad 7y ago
You can't really criticise twitter for this - last year they were all ready to launch a way to embed text posts in a tweet like images can currently be embedded in a tweet, until the userbase revolted and they had to cancel the plan.
- catalogia 7y ago
  Really? The twitter userbase actually prefers it this way? That's baffling to me. Did the revolting userbase provide any reasons or explanations for this preference?
  - walls 7y ago
    The average Twitter user isn't interested in more than a tweets worth of information.
  - notatoad 7y ago
    it was also baffling to me. I interpreted it as just the typical reactionary "we hate change" attitude that any online community has.
  - acbabis 7y ago
    I'm not a Twitter user myself, but the character limit is what made Twitter unique. It might be fun to laugh at people who only want to read 140 characters, but we shouldn't assume they aren't going elsewhere to post and read essays. A lot of people use Twitter and reddit/Facebook/HN/ect.
  - lalaithion 7y ago
    The pain of embedding a long text post in multiple tweets rewards authors for succinctness, something most places on the internet sorely lack.
  - triceratops 7y ago
    > revolting userbase There's no need to insult every single Twitter user like that :-)
sharemywin 7y ago
Are you crazy. I'm surprised this app hasn't taken the internet by storm. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=morse.vedppa.android.com.morseapp_as&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=morse.vedppa.a...
rexpop 7y ago
It's just a difference in CSS.
tyre 7y ago
Realistically, people don't read longer-than-tweet-sized things. Best of both worlds is probably to tweet the gist then link to a longer explanation.
sp332 7y ago
For sure, https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1189634360472829952.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1189634360472829952.html !

wmeredith 7y ago

I find "tweet storms" insufferable

qnsi 7y ago
you can thank pmarca for that one

notatoad 7y ago

You can't really criticise twitter for this - last year they were all ready to launch a way to embed text posts in a tweet like images can currently be embedded in a tweet, until the userbase revolted and they had to cancel the plan.

catalogia 7y ago
Really? The twitter userbase actually prefers it this way? That's baffling to me. Did the revolting userbase provide any reasons or explanations for this preference?
- walls 7y ago
  The average Twitter user isn't interested in more than a tweets worth of information.
- notatoad 7y ago
  it was also baffling to me. I interpreted it as just the typical reactionary "we hate change" attitude that any online community has.
- acbabis 7y ago
  I'm not a Twitter user myself, but the character limit is what made Twitter unique. It might be fun to laugh at people who only want to read 140 characters, but we shouldn't assume they aren't going elsewhere to post and read essays. A lot of people use Twitter and reddit/Facebook/HN/ect.
- lalaithion 7y ago
  The pain of embedding a long text post in multiple tweets rewards authors for succinctness, something most places on the internet sorely lack.
- triceratops 7y ago
  > revolting userbase There's no need to insult every single Twitter user like that :-)

sharemywin 7y ago

Are you crazy. I'm surprised this app hasn't taken the internet by storm. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=morse.vedppa.android.com.morseapp_as&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=morse.vedppa.a...

rexpop 7y ago

It's just a difference in CSS.

tyre 7y ago

Realistically, people don't read longer-than-tweet-sized things. Best of both worlds is probably to tweet the gist then link to a longer explanation.

sp332 7y ago

For sure, https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1189634360472829952.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1189634360472829952.html !