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Scott Alexander

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I have a place where I say complicated things about philosophy and science. That place is my blog. This is where I make terrible puns.

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    Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 20 Jun 2016

    Reverse Twitter: a social network that encourages meaningful debate by requiring every tweet to be at least 1,400 characters.

    12:01 PM - 20 Jun 2016
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      1. Jameson Thatcher‏ @SirEelBiscuits 20 Jun 2016
        Replying to @slatestarcodex

        @Jonathan_Blow you could call it.. twiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

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      1. Cauê LS‏ @caue_ls 20 Jun 2016
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        Result: 150 character tweets followed by giant ASCII pepes.

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      1. Benj Edwards‏ @benjedwards 20 Jun 2016
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        @Jonathan_Blow That sounds suspiciously like a newspaper

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      1. Michael Cera Huckabee Sanders‏ @RobertJuniorJr 20 Jun 2016
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        @Jonathan_Blow there is no chance that site wouldn't devolve into messages comprised of 1,400 emojis

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      1. #Fyre‏ @hashfyre 20 Jun 2016
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        @Jonathan_Blow Basically http://medium.com 

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      1. yvvy‏ @timecubely 20 Jun 2016
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        @Jonathan_Blow I feel like this is Tumblr. xD

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      1. Piers Cawley‏ @pdcawley 20 Jun 2016
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        @sungo and no longer than 1500, lets discourage rambling while we're about it.

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      1. Content of Media‏ @ContentOfMedia 20 Jun 2016
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        You'll get line-by-line fisking.

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      1. Third Sector Workhouse‏ @LamentablyAwake 20 Jun 2016
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        Have you never seen a politics forum? Thousands upon thousands of words of pedantry and vitriol.

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      1. PΛƬЯICK PΛQЦΣƬ‏ @draken3d 20 Jun 2016
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        Lorem ipsum fest!

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      1. Saint Havel‏ @SaintHavel 20 Jun 2016
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        As if requiring a minimum amount of characters can improve the quality of the discussion.

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      1. Michael Bucko‏ @transhumanbob 7 Aug 2016
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        Meaning is actually, for current humans, better when shorter.

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      1. Randy M‏ @Nikis_Knight 20 Jun 2016
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        Ha, that would be made for you!

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      1. Sean  🍕‏ @voidqk 20 Jun 2016
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        I disagreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

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      1. Twisted Mentat Matt‏ @moridinamael 20 Jun 2016
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        just need to train a NN to recognize "is this stupid or lazy writing" and then rejects them automatically

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      1. José Pedro Dias‏ @jose_pedro_dias 20 Jun 2016
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        lovely idea. thing is, network-imposed constraints can only take you so far. It's the users who compose the network & trends

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      1. niklas‏ @DrDaxxy 20 Jun 2016
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        ...and measure entropy to ensure people don't just fill Teewts with spam.

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      1. Astronaut Soul‏ @juliobastos 20 Jun 2016
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        @Jonathan_Blow isn't it http://medium.com ?

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