What does microblogging give you that forums didn't?

Re:What does microblogging give you that forums didn't? by onion2k on Thursday November 18, 2021 @08:49AM (#29265292)

Very simple - the ability to read something without needing to sign up first. Twitter is public. I can read and share things without an account. That's a massive benefit (and a massive downside).

The terse nature of microblogging limited what people posted about in the early days too. There was a lot less 'deep' content. That changed for the worse with the advent of longer tweets and proper threads; now many people treat Twitter like it's essentially just a weird blogging platform.

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Re:What does microblogging give you that forums didn't? by Lifelarper on Thursday November 18, 2021 @09:08AM (#29265521)

> Twitter is public

I'd highly suggest you logout of twitter and try instead using it in private mode in a browser manually navigating. Bonus points for trying on mobile.

I remember trying to explain to a store that I couldn't access their Facebook business page because I didn't have an account and she still found it hard to believe even after me demonstrating it.

Many inside the walled gardens only see the pretty plants.

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Re:What does microblogging give you that forums didn't? by ajsnigrutin on Thursday November 18, 2021 @08:53AM (#29265337)

Most forums needed you to be registered only if you wanted to post stuff.. so the same as twitter... but without the character limits, with file uploads, etc.

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