Nooo. Links shouldn't count. Don't penalize for links. Rich conversations—links, media, pictures—make Twitter great.https://twitter.com/mfioretti_en/status/735149086119198721 …
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It should be a modest number; nobody has 50 person conversations. Five, six? There are other ways to let people follow conversations.
Instead of letting 50 mentions in a tweet—huge abuse issue—let people to "subscribe" to a conversation. If you sub, it appears on your TL.
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