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Re:Twitter Considering 10,000-Character Limit for Tweets by logicallee on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @06:19PM (#10846935)
I guarantee you that your audience wasn't frustrated by the fact that you had to jump through those hoops. You think all those politicians and celebrities and thought leaders don't have trouble fitting things in 140 characters? I'm not being too verbose, but I've just written 292 here. :)
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Re:Twitter Considering 10,000-Character Limit for Tweets by dajohnson89 on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @07:15PM (#10847285)
Agreed. And editing is the hardest (but most important) part of writing.
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Re:Twitter Considering 10,000-Character Limit for Tweets by SixSigma on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @09:42AM (#10850690)
Hence the old gag:

Sorry this letter is so long, I didn't have much time.

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Re:Twitter Considering 10,000-Character Limit for Tweets by alxndr on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @10:52PM (#10855852)
Blaise Pascal, in 1657: "I have made this [letter] longer than usual because I have not had time to make it shorter."

http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/04/28/shorter-letter/

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