Another problem to fix in a Twitter replacement: it's hard to have a conversation about anything substantial.pic.twitter.com/CeaEYTA1xb
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They could differentiate tweets (as brief statements) from replies (which can be much longer).
Or a tweet can be the starting statement followed by a long body (which is still limited in length but still much longer).
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