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I could imagine this trick helps. In my experience, when I try to convert a text into tweets, it gets more concise. I'm often baffled how much I can condense
by k__ 5y ago
I could imagine this trick helps.
In my experience, when I try to convert a text into tweets, it gets more concise.
I'm often baffled how much I can condense information down to 280 characters.
- klyrs 5y agoI've found that when I condense an impressive amount of information down to 280 characters, the compression is lossy. People only pick up one tidbit out of the several that I've packed in; or maybe they'll come away with a completely wrong interpretation. Hell, even when I come back to my own writing, I find that it's too clever by half and I can't extract the nuance that I expected to be clear.
- JasonFruit 5y agoThat's why I never succeed at writing letters to the editor: the word limit is too small for anything complex enough to be wrong about!
- k__ 5y agoYes, that's true. I wouldn't try to convert everything to one tweet. Often, I need to split it into a thread.