>while in principle I love blogs. But they are very different beasts: twitter is a cheap cheese and tomato frozen pre-made pizza Some people (especially techie

>while in principle I love blogs. But they are very different beasts: twitter is a cheap cheese and tomato frozen pre-made pizza Some people (especially techies) like to distinguish between blogs and Twitter but we have to also acknowledge that non-tech people use Twitter as an easy-to-use blog platform. They start from the motivation of "publish some of my thoughts" and "What's the easiest way to do that?". The most friction-free and viral way to <airquotes>blog</airquotes> -- is to use Twitter. Using WordPress or self-hosting Gatsby engine isn't something they want to do. That's why some write long-form thoughts as a multi-part "Twitter thread" as a pseudo blog post. Yes, it's hard to read but that's not the priority. They simply don't want to use a "real" blog engine. They'd rather use Twitter for the ecosystem, audience reach, and engagement. (retweets, likes, etc). In other words, the influential people using Twitter are not swayed by "cheep cheese" analogies. They're simply not interested in bespoke blog engines.