Today I was composing a tweet. I hit the 140-character limit and started that editing process with which we’ve all become familiar. You know, where you gradually omit and abbreviate words, one by one, while still hoping to convey the spirit of the original meaning…
And then I thought, “Why bother?”, and just posted to Facebook instead.
I never thought it would come to this. I really dislike so much about Facebook. But it’s a place for discussion, where Twitter, though it occasionally carries occasional useful bits of news, is more a place for sporadic broadcasts and emotional outbursts.
I’ve been tweeting for nearly 8 years, but overall it seems less and less useful to me, and I wonder if I’ll still bother by the end of 2016. We’ll see…
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You can also just post the first part with a 1 of 2 note, then post another tweet. They tend to stick together reasonably well
Totally agree. I joined twitter in 2008, didn’t use it much to start with because so few people were on it, got enthusiastic about 2010 and now barely use it at all. It’s all shouting and self-promotion