I don't use Twitter, but I though it gave the story a stronger 'live' feeling, making it more engaging. It made it easier to share the feeling of joyful discovery the author experienced.

> It made it easier to share the feeling of joyful discovery the author experienced.

I gave up when the author's tweets, which were already a bit painful to follow, gave way to random comments by others or the author himself and disappeared.

So, I just learned that this is a guy who, when in front of a traffic sign, stops to take a picture of it, and needs to waste time with Google Map to find his path because OMG-I-don't-have-Internet-on-my-phone-what-am-I-gonna-do-I-feel-like-an-adventurer-now, instead of just following the sign, which is why the sign is made for.

I can't wait for Twitter to collapse, honestly. It is a nightmare of usability, of usefulness, of readability and a dozen more *-abilities. That someone purposefully chooses to write on this medium is beyond me.