Ask HN: What would be ideal replacement for Twitter?

Re:Ask HN: What would be ideal replacement for Twitter? by matt_s on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @08:17AM (#13643267)

I just don't see the point of Twitter, what would be the point of a replacement? Honestly, how has the sharing of 140 char thoughts changed the world?

If the point is to amass followers, then you are using it for marketing a product of some kind? How successful is that?

I understand there was a spring uprising of free speech in some places that haven't had much of that. Did that really change things for the better long term in those places?

It just sounds like millions of people shouting things in an echo chamber.

I am not trolling, I really don't understand the medium or the value. What would you miss by not using it?

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Re:Ask HN: What would be ideal replacement for Twitter? by notforgot on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @10:06PM (#13649372)

The point doesn't need to be to amass followers. It can be to share knowledge and spread news. There could be a more useful variation in this medium than today's Twitter.

Writing also helps develop ideas. Trying to explain things well in short sentences helps develop your mind. Surely this isn't useless.

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Re:Ask HN: What would be ideal replacement for Twitter? by anotheryou on Friday February 24, 2017 @06:28AM (#13722711)

any means of contacting you in private? (asked on another comment, but I guess it got lost, HNs comments are messy :)

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