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Very simple - the ability to read something without needing to sign up first. Twitter is public. I can read and share things without an account. That's a massiv

Very simple - the ability to read something without needing to sign up first. Twitter is public. I can read and share things without an account. That's a massive benefit (and a massive downside). The terse nature of microblogging limited what people posted about in the early days too. There was a lot less 'deep' content. That changed for the worse with the advent of longer tweets and proper threads; now many people treat Twitter like it's essentially just a weird blogging platform.

ajsnigrutin 5y ago
Most forums needed you to be registered only if you wanted to post stuff.. so the same as twitter... but without the character limits, with file uploads, etc.
Lifelarper 5y ago
> Twitter is public I'd highly suggest you logout of twitter and try instead using it in private mode in a browser manually navigating. Bonus points for trying on mobile. I remember trying to explain to a store that I couldn't access their Facebook business page because I didn't have an account and she still found it hard to believe even after me demonstrating it. Many inside the walled gardens only see the pretty plants.