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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
by 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 agoReally? 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 agoThe average Twitter user isn't interested in more than a tweets worth of information.
- notatoad 7y agoit was also baffling to me. I interpreted it as just the typical reactionary "we hate change" attitude that any online community has.
- acbabis 7y agoI'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 agoThe 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 :-)