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Am I incorrectly remembering that Twitter (Twtr) v1 was primarily to share tweets via SMS text messages? Hence the limit of 140 characters (+20 for the username
by cyberferret 7y ago
Am I incorrectly remembering that Twitter (Twtr) v1 was primarily to share tweets via SMS text messages? Hence the limit of 140 characters (+20 for the username to be added to the message)?
Is this just the wheel gone full circle?
- dannyw 7y agoPlatforms limit reach of participants with large audiences, in order to encourage them to buy ads. Participants move away and build their own platform. Advertising ruins every platform. Just look at Google even, a darling of the early 2000s.