For sure, https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1189634360472829952.html !

You can't really criticise twitter for this - last year they were all ready to launch a way to embed text posts in a tweet like images can currently be embedded in a tweet, until the userbase revolted and they had to cancel the plan.

Really? The twitter userbase actually prefers it this way? That's baffling to me. Did the revolting userbase provide any reasons or explanations for this preference?

The average Twitter user isn't interested in more than a tweets worth of information.

The pain of embedding a long text post in multiple tweets rewards authors for succinctness, something most places on the internet sorely lack.

I'm not a Twitter user myself, but the character limit is what made Twitter unique. It might be fun to laugh at people who only want to read 140 characters, but we shouldn't assume they aren't going elsewhere to post and read essays. A lot of people use Twitter and reddit/Facebook/HN/ect.

> revolting userbase

There's no need to insult every single Twitter user like that :-)

it was also baffling to me. I interpreted it as just the typical reactionary "we hate change" attitude that any online community has.

Realistically, people don't read longer-than-tweet-sized things. Best of both worlds is probably to tweet the gist then link to a longer explanation.

I find "tweet storms" insufferable

you can thank pmarca for that one

It's just a difference in CSS.