Comment by astrange
6 months ago
> Rationale: the artificial limitations on that site around post size mean that most announcements (such as this one) are multiple posts.
That limit actually doesn't apply to premium users/bluechecks, and he's using the other features like bold text.
The problem with long posts like that is one, they're annoying to read because when you open one up you don't know how much of a time commitment they will be, and two, you can't reply to just part of them.
> That limit actually doesn't apply to premium users/bluechecks, and he's using the other features like bold text.
I can't keep track of the flailing over at Twitter, especially because I don't have an account. Regardless, it's not all that relevant to what I was saying; maybe I got the reason wrong, but the fact remains that the vast majority of people who I see trying to post longer content on Twitter do it via multiple posts.
As a related aside, it baffles me why people still use the site when many superior alternatives are available.
> The problem with long posts like that is one, they're annoying to read because when you open one up you don't know how much of a time commitment they will be, and two, you can't reply to just part of them.
Those don't actually seem like problems to me.