Re:The End of Big Twitter
by roc on Tuesday September 02, 2014 @12:55PM
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> "It's an entirely different statement."
Which is the point. The character limit creates miscommunication because people wind up submitting something other than what they set out to communicate.
> "Those are side effects of not stopping to think about how to effectively convey a greater-than-140-characters thought in less than 140 characters (without changing its meaning.)"
So you're agreeing that Twitter, as a medium, presents a unique challenge to how most humans communicate in most other media and requires special consideration and effort?
Which is the point. The character limit creates miscommunication because people wind up submitting something other than what they set out to communicate.
> "Those are side effects of not stopping to think about how to effectively convey a greater-than-140-characters thought in less than 140 characters (without changing its meaning.)"
So you're agreeing that Twitter, as a medium, presents a unique challenge to how most humans communicate in most other media and requires special consideration and effort?
That doesn't actually sound like a disagreement.