> the explanation that otherwise people won't keep reading had escaped me I think you had it right the first time: the medium is the message. Twitter posts ca

> the explanation that otherwise people won't keep reading had escaped me I think you had it right the first time: the medium is the message. Twitter posts can only be 240 characters, and there is no explicit mechanism relating those "1/n" threads together; you can't even "link to a thread", you can only link to a post. Therefore, each independent thought must fit in 240 characters, which naturally leads to punchy tweets.