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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 13 Oct 2018

    Twitter is such a constraining medium that anyone who starts an important conversation on it that they could have started by email or in person cares more about the conversation being seen than actually convincing the other person.

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      1. Sebastian‏ @skglas 13 Oct 2018
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        to me, maybe it´s not even "convincing", but getting to know the other person´s way of thinking, experiences, references. I can take a break between a statement, reflect, and then go on asking. That´s a bit easier here. You have time for better questions.

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      1. 𝚄𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚑‏ @udayrsingh 13 Oct 2018
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        True. And also, I don’t know how active you are now, but a few years ago you helped point me in the right direction RE: an Arc to JS compiler I was working on via email. Totally made it feel like people were reachable and willing to chat if one just reached out. Thanks for that!

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      1. SwiftOnSecurity‏ @SwiftOnSecurity 13 Oct 2018
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        You could have sent this as an email smh

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      2. Scoble‏Verified account @Scobleizer 13 Oct 2018
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        Truth. My email is scobleizer@gmail.com if you wanna talk. My smartphone is +1-425-205-1921. I do tend to do my rehab work one-on-one, or by attending small meetings. Being intimate and open about failures, er vulnerable, on Twitter is hard for sure.

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      1. Addison‏ @votingispower 13 Oct 2018
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        It can be useful for creating public documentation of a substantive exchange in which both parties are more aware of every word they choose and every argument they make than they would be in private

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      2. Laureano Costa‏ @ideasforce 14 Oct 2018
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        @luca Bot or Troll?.. or TrollBot?

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      2. 𝕊𝕥𝕖𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝗣𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘‏ @Pickering 13 Oct 2018
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        That's why I've always said why not just not make it unlimited and have the same number of characters passing by in the tweets so that the cosmetic is the same? By the way have you read Gilder's "Life After Google" What do you think about it? @Scobleizer

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      3. Scoble‏Verified account @Scobleizer 13 Oct 2018
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        I haven’t read it. Added it to my reading list.

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