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Twitter is useful and interesting, but your idea of rich conversation is shallow or weak if it was ever satisfied by conversations that were had 140 characters
by snoman 12y ago
Twitter is useful and interesting, but your idea of rich conversation is shallow or weak if it was ever satisfied by conversations that were had 140 characters at a time.
- josu 12y agoDon't undersimate the power of 140 characters. It helps you convey your thoughts. Take Plato's Republic as an example, most of the conversations could have happened in twitter-form, and not much would have been lost (assuming that some replies would be two or three tweets long).
- coldtea 12y ago>most of the conversations could have happened in twitter-form, and not much would have been lost Actually all the nuance would have been lost out of the Republic in that way. Philosophy (and literature for that matter) is never just about the concepts or "plot", it's always about the way in which they are conveyed.
- voyou 12y agoPerhaps The Republic would have been even better in tweet form, because all the bits where someone says "yes, Socrates" could have been replaced by simply favouriting a tweet.
- idlewords 12y agoI've found it interesting that Twitter is a completely different experience for Chinese speakers, where it acts more like a 70-word limit would for us.
- radmuzom 12y agoWell, it is the only platform where "famous" people (or their agents) have personally replied to me. Nobody would even bother to read my tweet if it was longer. It is as rich as it can get.