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When I hear Twitter being compared to the golden age of Usenet, I reach for my pistol. Nothing of real substance fits into 140 characters. Which is unfortunate

When I hear Twitter being compared to the golden age of Usenet, I reach for my pistol. Nothing of real substance fits into 140 characters. Which is unfortunate, really, since Twitter is so popular these days.

joeyh 15y ago
100% agree, but ironically the most read single post on olduse.net so far actually fits in a tweet: http://identi.ca/notice/75500867 http://identi.ca/notice/75500867
tomjen3 15y ago
You are aware that "Nothing of real substance fits into 140 characters." fits in a tweet right?