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It'd be cool if Twitter would allow users to publish long form content. Like a blog or at least longer than a tweet. So we don't get a hairy thread of 1/ 2/ 3/
by johnchristopher 5y ago
It'd be cool if Twitter would allow users to publish long form content. Like a blog or at least longer than a tweet. So we don't get a hairy thread of 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ tweets from people who share ideas that can't be summed up in 280 characters. With a special built-in hashtag, like #thread or #blog.
If they keep the notification feature and the choice to only get notifications from such long form content, that'd be even cooler.
Who am I kidding.
- pc86 5y agoWhat's the point of Twitter then? Isn't the character limit (whether 140, or 280, or whatever) part of what makes it "it"?
- underwater 5y agoThe distribution, the networks?
- errcorrectcode 5y agoA microblogging service should cost micro crypto to post, and have a rate gently exponential with # of characters.
- andresp 5y agoIndeed, Twitter is for angry people to vent and for social validation. Ticket closed with "As intended". Thanks for your suggestion.
- angelzen 5y agoThe point of 1/ 2/ 3/ ... threads is to enable out of context deep linking. They are not going away, lest Twitter becomes yet another run-of-the mill blog platform nobody engages with.
- rchaud 5y agoThat's a quick way to turn Twitter into Linkedin or Medium. There's a reason Twitter is bigger and more addictive than both of the above, and that's because people don't have the patience to read more than a few sentences at a time without getting bored. Most of what's posted on Twitter isn't that interesting, so people keep scrolling to find the next minor dopamine hit.
- AlchemistCamp 5y agoI'm not sure that's true that Twitter is bigger than LinkedIn, though maybe it is for HN users. I don't personally have a LinkedIn account (and am thus blocked from using it for the most part) and I do have multiple Twitter accounts. However, from what I've seen of my friend group, random acquaintances and online stats aggregators, I'm in the minority. From what I can tell, normal people almost all have LinkedIn while Twitter is mostly still just for people in activism, tech or journalism.
- rchaud 5y agoI have a LinkedIn and I never log in except for when I'm looking for a job, or when a new grad from my alma mater reaches out for career advice. So 2x a year tops. > Twitter is mostly still just for people in activism, tech or journalism. Music? TV shows? Books? Comedy? Art? My Twitter has all of those. It doesn't just have to be a medium for doomscrolling.
- johnchristopher 5y ago> That's a quick way to turn Twitter into Linkedin or Medium. Will it, though ? It's not like it'd be replacing the core Twitter experience, it can be added as a link to a tweet "Here's a nicely formatted longer content". Now of course there are only 2 or 3 people i follow who'd be into that and not the smaller posts crafted for engagement.
- kumarvvr 5y agoLinkedin and Medium are cesspools of circle-self-pleasure. They are communities of job seekers and job providers who are constantly trying to showcase their skills or scouting for talent. When was the last time you thought you could speak your mind on Linkedin? Also, I have a special place of hatred in my heart for linkedin because the news feed is a reflection of corporate bootlicking and corporate promotion that borders on insane. They cannot be compared to Twitter, which is clearly anonymous (if the user wants such) and more open.
- throwawaylinux 5y ago