It's fun to think of which people do use Twitter effectively to develop ideas, and what patterns they use. Tweetstorms are an interesting form, IMO, in part because there is a small but real pressure to make each tweet count. I know my essays could do with more of that pressure
The problem is that there are many different ways to tweet, most of which do the opposite of making your brain more powerful. Plus tweets are so short they don't give you much room to develop ideas.
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I agree, but I also like the ability to freely refine short aphorism-like phrases without initially stressing about how they will be received.
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Twitter is not great for well thought out ideas
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Threads do though, and when you revisit them over time they are generative the same way essays arehttps://twitter.com/Conaw/status/1085339092244586498 …
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The trouble is, if you're trying to use twitter as a precursor to essays, you're thinking in public, so you are at risk consciously or subconsciously shifting towards thinking the kinds of thoughts that are socially rewardedhttps://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1040450987754811392 …
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I like using tweets as links to more-developed work. But I'll also admit that those don't seem to be popular.
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