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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 21 Sep 2017

    Another problem to fix in a Twitter replacement: it's hard to have a conversation about anything substantial.pic.twitter.com/CeaEYTA1xb

    2:53 AM - 21 Sep 2017
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    • Oliver Emberton Laïssa Mouen Rahul Chhabra Emanuil Rusev Mecenato 🇸🇬 James Mishra Nikhil Jain Anurag Baveja @Neptali
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      2. James‏ @padolsey 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        This seems a necessary compromise. Without forced terseness, Twitter would just become a glorified blogging platform. We already have those.

        3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @padolsey

        I bet there are parts of the space of possibilities are that are still unexplored. It's early.

        2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      4. Mark Harun‏ @markhed7 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @paulg @padolsey

        They could differentiate tweets (as brief statements) from replies (which can be much longer).

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. Tom Berno‏ @tberno 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        I have a lengthy list of @twitter's product failings, but one can't easily teleport 100s if not 1000s of followers automagically elsewhere

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @tberno

        Make something for yourself and your friends. If it works, more people will join. That's how Reddit and Twitter both started.

        1 reply 3 retweets 5 likes
      4. Tom Berno‏ @tberno 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        "It's Twitter with a strict no assholes policy..."

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      2. Michael Weibel‏ @weibelm 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Allow replies with a higher character limit?

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @weibelm

        It would definitely include this, but a lot more as well.

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      4. craigsuperstar‏ @craigsuperstar 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @paulg @weibelm

        GNU Social has higher character limits and it definitely helps. More context and nuance means less drama.

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      2. Eliezer Yudkowsky‏Verified account @ESYudkowsky 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        "It's like Twitter, but you can pay $0.0001/follower/character to use more than 140 characters."

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      3. Kuba Szulaczkowski‏ @coughski 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @ESYudkowsky @paulg

        Doesn't sound like a bad idea to me, honestly. Incentivize users to weigh words carefully, recognize their power and reach...

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Pavel Atanasov‏ @PavelDAtanasov 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @coughski @ESYudkowsky @paulg

        Or continue to split messages...

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Pavel Atanasov‏ @PavelDAtanasov 22 Sep 2017
        Replying to @PavelDAtanasov @coughski and

        ... across multiple tweets.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Shoaib Ali C. House‏ @shoaibalich 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Get ready to expect YC applications with a link to this tweet in the first paragraph.

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      1. Nick Hoddinott‏ @nickhoddinott 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Each tweet should have a 140 character "short bit" and an optional ~500 word "longer bit", shown via a "More" button on the main tweet.

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      1. Rahul Chhabra‏ @rahulchhabra07 27 Sep 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Fixed in a week. That's Twitter for you sir. xD @paulg

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      1. 5 Pixels Studio‏ @Reno_Web_Design 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Reddit has a convenient conversational platform. Reddit users do not use the full capacity.Twitter and Reddit need to trade their platformspic.twitter.com/SDxVp9cUMD

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      1. Nick Hutton‏ @nickdothutton 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Blogs, Email, tweets, instant messaging. Probably ought to be a continuum rather than hard-break. Collaboration.https://blog.eutopian.io/building-a-better-linkedin/ …

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      1. Ran Reichman‏ @ranreichman 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Twitter just needs a normal tweetstorm feature

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      2.  🦉 Wisdomination  🦉‏ @Supreme_Owl_FTW 21 Sep 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        I challenge the assumption that discussion about anything substantial can or should take place outside punching distance.Guarantees manners.

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