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Twitter is the worst for long form messaging.

This exact same comment is found in literally every one of these types of threads. And the answer is fairly obvious: audience, and forceful conciseness thanks to the platform constraints. I really wonder when this cycle of typical HN cliches will go away.

Or maybe... get this... people have an opinion? Mind blowing right?

Sounds like confirmation of an opinion to me if it needs to be said a lot.

I didn't mean to offend. My point was that these cliche comments rarely (if ever) contribute anything to the actual topic being discussed.

> audience, and forceful conciseness thanks to the platform constraints

It might be cliche because its a problem often seen repeated. This is how you get important messages not read or have them taken out of context, even by your intended audience. (we obviously disagree and both perspectives are opinion based)

I agree that the UI sucks but I like the constraints. It gives no room for filler text and every paragraph/tweet needs to have its own point.

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