• Twitter officially doubles character count, says most 280 testers didn’t use it
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God I hate Twitter so much, I don't have any proof but from what I've observed over the years I feel like it honestly makes people act worse to each other, the limits don't don't make people think about what they have to say, it just forces people into being more direct, meaning 99% of the time it's easier to be an asshole than it is a nice person. Remove those constraints entirely and I honestly think Twitter would be slightly less of a cesspool, I say slightly less because Facebook exists.
[QUOTE=jonu67;52867174]God I hate Twitter so much, I don't have any proof but from what I've observed over the years I feel like it honestly makes people act worse to each other, the limits don't don't make people think about what they have to say, it just forces people into being more direct, meaning 99% of the time it's easier to be an asshole than it is a nice person. Remove those constraints entirely and I honestly think Twitter would be slightly less of a cesspool, I say slightly less because Facebook exists.[/QUOTE] Depends who you follow. I picked it up again within the last month, watching about 70 people and haven't seen any real negativity so far. It is just as easy to be polite as it is to be an asshole. (edit; noticed my old Twitter account is linked to my profile, not going to change it...)
[QUOTE=jonu67;52867174]God I hate Twitter so much, I don't have any proof but from what I've observed over the years I feel like it honestly makes people act worse to each other, the limits don't don't make people think about what they have to say, it just forces people into being more direct, meaning 99% of the time it's easier to be an asshole than it is a nice person. Remove those constraints entirely and I honestly think Twitter would be slightly less of a cesspool, I say slightly less because Facebook exists.[/QUOTE] i think the problem with twitter is it's very easy to get caught in a bubble of assholes as with any social media site the "people" you refer to on the site are just the people you've become involved with or observe the most
Limited characters turns "can you provide examples" or "proof?" into the end note to any conversation because you have to chop up whatever you were going to say. [editline]7th November 2017[/editline] Like taking your post and putting it in a meat grinder. [editline]7th November 2017[/editline] And then for your trouble you don't even change their mind.
[QUOTE=jonu67;52867174]God I hate Twitter so much, I don't have any proof but from what I've observed over the years I feel like it honestly makes people act worse to each other, the limits don't don't make people think about what they have to say, it just forces people into being more direct, meaning 99% of the time it's easier to be an asshole than it is a nice person. Remove those constraints entirely and I honestly think Twitter would be slightly less of a cesspool, I say slightly less because Facebook exists.[/QUOTE] People on the internet are just assholes in general. Look at other huge sites without character limits like reddit or 4chan. The pseudonymity/anonymity gives people a decreased sense of responsibility, and the way people browse benefits "short" content like gifs, one-liners and zingers.
[QUOTE=Marik Bentusi;52867456]People on the internet are just assholes in general. Look at other huge sites without character limits like reddit or 4chan. The pseudonymity/anonymity gives people a decreased sense of responsibility, and the way people browse benefits "short" content like gifs, one-liners and zingers.[/QUOTE] I see way more people act [I]really[/I] awfully under their real name on Twitter than under a pseudonym, so I'm not sure how far that even matters in the end. That said, the ones I follow who're pseudonymous seem to have a significantly higher base level of snark throughout. (I wouldn't have it any other way, personally.)
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