Joshua Baer ‏@JoshuaBaer Jun 28

@fredwilson agreed, but the numbers are messy and end up in reversed in the feed. Twitter should add native support like they did for RTs.

Lawrence Abeyta ‏@lpabeyta Jun 28

@fredwilson It's close to having a real conversation. It's the way people talk when in person. I actually really enjoy them @pmarca

Brandon G. Donnelly ‏@donnelly_b Jun 28

@fredwilson makes conventional blogging and even tumblogging seem slow :)

Devesh Senapati ‏@DeveshSenapati Jun 28

@fredwilson yes, for the few times you're concurrently on twitter. But most often I scramble to catch up in reverse chrono-order...

Bob Egan ‏@bobegan Jun 28

@fredwilson very true sir, very true. Ps. Don't retire :-)

Rakesh Agrawal ‏@rakeshlobster Jun 28

@fredwilson I've always thought my tweetstorm of two month ago would make for an amazing research experiment. ...

Rakesh Agrawal ‏@rakeshlobster Jun 28

@fredwilson 2/you have near real-time data from thousands of people from around the world with varying relationships to me.

Andrew Hurst ‏@ahurst Jun 28

@fredwilson the #tweetstorm is a great mix of blog and real-time conversations. Has the ability to change the convo mid-stream.

Matt Hartman ‏@MattHartman Jun 28

@fredwilson IMO this is the biggest differentiator (eg from Medium comment threads). Wonder if discoverability would affect real-timeliness.

John Fricker ‏@jfricker Jun 28

@fredwilson Real time is optional and readers know that. Tweetstorms have the potential to mimic live blogging but not the impetus.

Rakesh Agrawal ‏@RakeshAgrawal Jun 28

@JoshuaBaer @fredwilson exp is real time except when it's not. Many readers see them later. Then with replies, they can be befuddling.

Gabriel Weinberg ‏@yegg Jun 28

@fredwilson based on how I used twitter I often don't see them in real time. If they were native maybe there could be a notification.

Scott Henderson ‏@scottyhendo Jun 28

@fredwilson If you don't reply, your tweets don't nest (like these 5)

Aaron Suplizio ‏@4strngz Jun 28

Agree @fredwilson. While I like littleporkchop.io, using similar tools erodes the RT element of both posting&following (iff u catch 1 live)

Lumelet Inc ‏@lumelet Jun 28

@fredwilson I surmise neither you nor @pmarca would change you #tweestorm based on real time replies & for readers, inconvenience > benefit

Jake Kaldenbaugh ‏@Jakewk Jun 28

@yegg @fredwilson To do them correctly, you have to reply to the previous numbered tweet. That way they're presented in a chain on mobiles.

Ben Leventhal ‏@benleventhal Jun 28

@fredwilson 1/ Only partially agree that the behavior is unique. At minimum, liveblog is a precursor in category of two-sided real team.

Ben Leventhal ‏@benleventhal Jun 28

@fredwilson 2/ Also could argue a Powerpoint is in the DNA, unless defining characteristic of the #tweetstorm is no prep? (Is it?)

Ben Leventhal ‏@benleventhal Jun 28

@fredwilson 3/ Think a big thing is that consumers of content expressed overwhelming desire to have content served in bite-sized pieces ...