Isn't it a bit silly in this day and age to use that kind of ad hoc hack in order to express a more complex point? I mean I understand that's how twitter works

Isn't it a bit silly in this day and age to use that kind of ad hoc hack in order to express a more complex point? I mean I understand that's how twitter works and probably part of what made it successful, but it baffles me that it's seemingly becoming a "serious" way of communications. Politicians are expected to have a twitter account, serious news organisations often quote twits directly in the body of their articles etc... I don't understand why so many people chose to de-facto standardize on such a poor medium for communication, especially since you have a billion alternatives without such limitations.