Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 26, 20151/ Yusuf Mehdi of Microsoft wins award for most convoluted tweetstorm style ever: "n: <text> n/n_max"Quote TweetYusuf Mehdi@yusuf_i_mehdi·Aug 26, 201510. #Windows 10: Thank you @KimKardashian,@ladygaga,@therock, and all who helped to #UpgradeYourWorld. Do Great Things. 10/102110
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 26, 2015Replying to @vgr2/ There are styles: n/ <text>, <text> n/n_max, n/n_max <text>, n., n) ...not all are equally good.111
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 26, 2015Replying to @vgr3/ The n/ style clearly means tweetstorm. n. and n) look fussy and old-media (i.e. Word) hangover to me. Also ambiguity wrt non-storm lists411
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 26, 2015Replying to @vgr4/ The n/n_max style, whether prefix or post-fix is mainly useful as a promise of a SHORT series. So good if n_max<4.211
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 26, 2015Replying to @vgr5/ If you use the n/n_max style for n>10, it becomes obvious you scripted it in advance. That's not good because appeal is spontaneity.313
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @vgr6/ In conclusion, use the n/ style unless you have *really* good reason not to. Indicates non-listicle improv linear argument unambiguously.8:43 PM · Aug 26, 20151 Retweet2 Likes
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 26, 2015Replying to @vgr7/ Using the classic @pmarca style of course risks inflating the already big @pmarca head further, but we must bear that risk :D15
Vinod Khare@vinodkhare·Aug 26, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr It's a good test of whether one groks tweetstorms. Feeling smug about having arrived as this conclusion intuitively. :)1
Abraham Thomas@athomasq·Aug 26, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr The question is: start indexing at 0/ or at 1/ ?12