The claim is a major departure for the service, which has long been known as a destination for posting short snippets of text.

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    Oh yea back when it needed that limit because the whole point was to text it over SMS and you could post with any SMS capable phone lol

    That was fun and unique, now it’s just…boring? Just another social media site, it’s only defining thing is it’s (declining) size and reach

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      10 months ago

      SMS was the original reason, but the side effect of forcing people to condense their thoughts into a couple sentences was pretty wonderful. Especially for an open ended community where anyone can talk about anything.

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        10 months ago

        I disagree with you simply because brevity is nice but not at the expense of nuance. Having to try to follow a string of tweets because one simply can’t suffice is awful.

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          I don’t understand the difficulty, the series of tweets are all replies to the previous tweet in the chain. Where’s the difficulty?

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            10 months ago

            Likewise I don’t understand the difficulty in reading more than 140 characters.

            But I’ve never used Twitter so when I experience the platform it’s through screen caps of tweets. Instead of having paragraphs and cohesive formatting it reads like a programmer who writes code all in one line. Sure, it can be done and it can be read but it’s fucking awful that it isn’t formatted correctly so that it is more clear.

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              It’s formatted how you’d expect if you’ve a timeline on anything, most recent at the top though, right?

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                10 months ago

                Thats not formatting. That’s like reading a book transcribed on post-it notes and calling it a format. It can be ordered, yes but I’m talking about paragraphs and complete sentences.

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                  10 months ago

                  Sure, it’s split into smaller bits because it’s on a site designed for short posts, it’s not hard to follow though.

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        Wonderful in theory, but in practice it’s a dumpster fire. Quick, mainstreamm-acceptable takes are incentived, and nuanced, alternative viewpoints are nearly impossible.

        If it were all for hobby stuff, it would be fine, but when this is how most people get their news, it’s not good.