Some points are hard to make in a single tweet. But Twitter conversations start branching wildly when we divide a single point into multiple tweets. Different threads get created for each tweet of the single point. Eventually we achieve dialectical incoherence.
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I partly agree and partly disagree with this. I think there's a place for both kinds of conversations. At it's best Twitter facilitates more rapid cycles of dialectic. The downside of longer text-based conversations is confronting walls of text with dozens of points in them . . .
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You still have the branching problem. (Though, you do also have the space to explain why you're ignoring some branches and pursuing others.) Twitter also allows more people to contribute facts, perspectives, and possibilities, making better use of the hive mind.
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Twitter was not designed for debates and discussions. Twitter was designed for cathartic relief and comic relief. Twitter does that very well.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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