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> Part of the advantage to tweet threads like this is that other users can reply directly to any one of the n tweets in the thread, rather than commenting on th
by CogitoCogito 5y ago
> Part of the advantage to tweet threads like this is that other users can reply directly to any one of the n tweets in the thread, rather than commenting on the thread as a whole.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_styl...
Too bad the inline reply style got lost in email culture, but it's good to know it's alive and well on Twitter!
- neutronicus 5y agoPersonally, I'm glad it's mostly dead, at least in a forum context. To me, at least, the inline replies were always a signal that a conversation was about to degenerate into an interminable running battle over minutiae.