> I think one issue here is that Twitter makes it hard to have good conversations because it motivates people to optimize for pithiness and likeability/retweeta

> I think one issue here is that Twitter makes it hard to have good conversations because it motivates people to optimize for pithiness and likeability/retweetability over substance. Which is why it's probably a good thing on balance that Yann LeCun left Twitter. Blog posts and comments are the bare minimum for an adequate forum for discussions like this, since the reader is at least encouraged to read and understand an accurate and complete summary of the author's points before making a pithy reply[1]. [1] My phrasing does not necessarily refer to any of the figures involved in this conversation.