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> People split long posts into dozens of tweets I don't understand why people get so bent out of shape about this. Ok, there's more than one tweet, but they're
by _moof 5y ago
> People split long posts into dozens of tweets
I don't understand why people get so bent out of shape about this. Ok, there's more than one tweet, but they're all on one page, in order, so you've got all the text right there. It's not like you have to do anything special to read it. You just read it and scroll, like you would any other medium. What's the problem?
- svnpenn 5y agoPeople are deliberately misusing the site. The whole point of the character limit, is to force you to make a concise thought. Some people ignore that, and just ramble over a dozen tweets, like a monkey with a typewriter. The anarchist in me says fine, but objectively it's just a dumb way to use the site. Just make a blog post and link to it.
- _moof 5y agoTwitter very intentionally added support for this use case. There's literally a button just for it. There's even a help page about how to do it: https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/create-a-thread https://help.twitter.com/en/using-twitter/create-a-thread So maybe this would've been a misuse in 2007, but nowadays it isn't. An objection based on rules just doesn't hold water.
- svnpenn 5y agoEven if CEO says, "yes do this", it's still an idiotic way to use the site. If you trying to kill a bear, you don't shoot it 18 times with a BB gun. You shoot it once with a shotgun.