Comment by stagas 2 days ago It needs to be short - there is already a limit that worked well - why bikeshed it more? 6 comments stagas Reply supermatt 2 days ago A limit that worked well for who?Almost every twitter/x post submitted to HN has people labelling their posts as "X of Y" threads, using images as text, or using pro account posts.You can see it yourself: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=twitter.com Ive just looked at 30 and each of them exceed 280 chars by far. Retr0id 2 days ago It works well for microbloggers. supermatt 2 days ago But clearly not the microbloggers on twitter/x, Bluesky, etc, who use the patterns I mentioned. 2 replies → CitrusFruits 2 days ago I think this is the opposite of bikeshedding, it's literally a core feature and constraint.
supermatt 2 days ago A limit that worked well for who?Almost every twitter/x post submitted to HN has people labelling their posts as "X of Y" threads, using images as text, or using pro account posts.You can see it yourself: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=twitter.com Ive just looked at 30 and each of them exceed 280 chars by far. Retr0id 2 days ago It works well for microbloggers. supermatt 2 days ago But clearly not the microbloggers on twitter/x, Bluesky, etc, who use the patterns I mentioned. 2 replies →
Retr0id 2 days ago It works well for microbloggers. supermatt 2 days ago But clearly not the microbloggers on twitter/x, Bluesky, etc, who use the patterns I mentioned. 2 replies →
supermatt 2 days ago But clearly not the microbloggers on twitter/x, Bluesky, etc, who use the patterns I mentioned. 2 replies →
CitrusFruits 2 days ago I think this is the opposite of bikeshedding, it's literally a core feature and constraint.
A limit that worked well for who?
Almost every twitter/x post submitted to HN has people labelling their posts as "X of Y" threads, using images as text, or using pro account posts.
You can see it yourself: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=twitter.com Ive just looked at 30 and each of them exceed 280 chars by far.
It works well for microbloggers.
But clearly not the microbloggers on twitter/x, Bluesky, etc, who use the patterns I mentioned.
2 replies →
I think this is the opposite of bikeshedding, it's literally a core feature and constraint.