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Microblogs are largely irrelevant if you aren’t already a known expert on a given topic. Longform posting allows you to establish your credibility and put your

Microblogs are largely irrelevant if you aren’t already a known expert on a given topic. Longform posting allows you to establish your credibility and put your point forward. Maybe this is why Twitter is such a miserable experience. Way too many opinions from the vulgar mass

Saint_Genet 4y ago
Sure, if you think the point of twitter is to build a brand by dispensing your profound wisdom from up on high. The vast majority of people use twitter as entertainment, and the fact that people who like to pontificate about federated microblogs don't get this is why it won't take off in any meaningful way.
- derekzhouzhen 4y ago
  For time wasting entertainment, TikTok is better than Twitter.
  - rmbyrro 4y ago
    I don't think we can establish an objective classification for entertainment in terms of time wastefulness. I'd rather stare at the sky than use TikTok, by the way.
    - derekzhouzhen 4y ago
      Of course there is no objective way. TikTok is more optimized for silly, effortless entertainment, and Twitter is more optimized for opinion leaders to reach out the maximum number of recipients. They all have a purpose.
nojito 4y ago
Completely disagree. Many individuals started their careers on Twitter. Long form posting is dead as a door nail.
- superkuh 4y ago
  Careers? Is monetary gain the goal of blogging now? ~back in my day~ we posted to our web logs because we had something to share with the world.
  - nojito 4y ago
    It's not a goal, but the idea of monetizing yourself isn't new.
    - superkuh 4y ago
      Yes, it's what has destroyed the web. The real webpages are out there but they're all burried under a never ending influx of profit seeking crap.
- ggm 4y ago
  "dead" as in does not seem to carry the same wave of market. Actually dead? no.
CharlesW 4y ago
> Microblogs are largely irrelevant if you aren’t already a known expert on a given topic. An enormous number of people have established themselves as known experts on a given topic via "microblogging" channels, which for nearly everyone means Twitter and Facebook. Hopefully, open/federated microblogging will break out of its niche. Just one example of this is the many thousands of virologists, epidemiologists, public health scholars, and statisticians who built huge followings (effectively from zero) during the COVID-19 pandemic. > Longform posting allows you to establish your credibility and put your point forward. Microblogging is a great channel for this too. These are not either/or choices, and any good strategy for establishing yourself as an expert — or whatever your goal is — will include both of these communications channels and more.

Saint_Genet 4y ago

Sure, if you think the point of twitter is to build a brand by dispensing your profound wisdom from up on high. The vast majority of people use twitter as entertainment, and the fact that people who like to pontificate about federated microblogs don't get this is why it won't take off in any meaningful way.

derekzhouzhen 4y ago
For time wasting entertainment, TikTok is better than Twitter.
- rmbyrro 4y ago
  I don't think we can establish an objective classification for entertainment in terms of time wastefulness. I'd rather stare at the sky than use TikTok, by the way.
  - derekzhouzhen 4y ago
    Of course there is no objective way. TikTok is more optimized for silly, effortless entertainment, and Twitter is more optimized for opinion leaders to reach out the maximum number of recipients. They all have a purpose.

nojito 4y ago

Completely disagree. Many individuals started their careers on Twitter. Long form posting is dead as a door nail.

superkuh 4y ago
Careers? Is monetary gain the goal of blogging now? ~back in my day~ we posted to our web logs because we had something to share with the world.
- nojito 4y ago
  It's not a goal, but the idea of monetizing yourself isn't new.
  - superkuh 4y ago
    Yes, it's what has destroyed the web. The real webpages are out there but they're all burried under a never ending influx of profit seeking crap.
ggm 4y ago
"dead" as in does not seem to carry the same wave of market. Actually dead? no.

CharlesW 4y ago

> Microblogs are largely irrelevant if you aren’t already a known expert on a given topic. An enormous number of people have established themselves as known experts on a given topic via "microblogging" channels, which for nearly everyone means Twitter and Facebook. Hopefully, open/federated microblogging will break out of its niche. Just one example of this is the many thousands of virologists, epidemiologists, public health scholars, and statisticians who built huge followings (effectively from zero) during the COVID-19 pandemic. > Longform posting allows you to establish your credibility and put your point forward. Microblogging is a great channel for this too. These are not either/or choices, and any good strategy for establishing yourself as an expert — or whatever your goal is — will include both of these communications channels and more.