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10 months ago
The same reason why people posting stories instead of actual posts. Or you really don’t want to write masterpiece everyday.
10 months ago
The same reason why people posting stories instead of actual posts. Or you really don’t want to write masterpiece everyday.
You can write a 180 characters post\tweet\toot even when there is virtually no limitation.
I think this is what was asked by a parent commenter: why enforce any limit (except for a sane ones) at all?
IMO it makes for better content. I'm not logging in to a microblogging app so I can read thoughtful, longform content, actually it's exactly the opposite.
By enforcing a character limit you only allow a certain type of post to be made
I prefer it because it forces distillation to core ideas, consumable quickly. Busy people have too little time to read too much verbiage.
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> By enforcing a character limit you only allow a certain type of post to be made
Yes, the one where all nuance and detail is lost after being trimmed to death so it can exist under the arbitrary limit and is much easier to misunderstand because the author couldn't put all of their thoughts in writing.
It does help with engagement though.
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On a side note: a platform can (potentially) provide a filter that will show user only posts shorter than length L1. Or longer than L1.
>IMO it makes for better content.
Sorry but this even sounds wrong. You can write an eternal masterpiece in any form. Short story, a poem, a novel, an anecdote even.
In fact shorter form is more challenging. You have less room for a mistake. And lets be honest: most people are terrible writers|composers|painters etc.
This is one of the reasons you see threads and services that can present you threads in a more convenient form.
> why enforce any limit (except for a sane ones) at all
Some say Shakespeare was his (their?) best when he was limited to the fixed form of the sonnet.
Actually it's "his". Also Redditors at the time rated him merely as "one among many talented playwrights and poets". It wasn't until the 17th century that he's been been considered _the_ supreme playwright.
... is this^^ the type of content you want on Itter? Because that's what you get from this crowd.
Not sure, but stories, threads, etc seem to be a rather top down/dark pattern thats shoved down our throats one doom scroll at a time