Twitter's approach of contextless messages of limited length has made Twitter particularly suitable for shouting into the void. There's little context, unlike i

Twitter's approach of contextless messages of limited length has made Twitter particularly suitable for shouting into the void. There's little context, unlike in a longer Facebook-style post, and every reaction stands on its own. It's only really suitable for announcements, not for meaningful discussion. Threads make it somewhat possible to tell a longer story, but it's still less cohesive than it would be anywhere else. It's short and context free, which means it's only for soundbites, which is why it's popular with politicians and trolls. Nobody uses it to coordinate anything, they just use it to announce stuff or just to shout. That's all it's good for.