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fonix232@fedia.io 1 day agoThe whole idea behind Twitter (character limits etc.) was obviously a bad idea from the moment texting became obsolete thanks to IM services.
Comment on FFmpeg to Google: Fund Us or Stop Sending Bugs
fonix232@fedia.io 1 day agoThe whole idea behind Twitter (character limits etc.) was obviously a bad idea from the moment texting became obsolete thanks to IM services.
NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You mean because Twitter is an SMS-based messaging app?.. The character limits are arbitrary, not a technical limitation. Which is why they doubled them at one point, I believe.
The limits were meant to act as a micro-blogging enforcement measure, for micro attention spans.
fonix232@fedia.io 1 day ago
Actually, no, the initial limit was precisely because of SMS character limits - Twitter in the first few years had an SMS gateway where you could send a text and it would be posted under your account.
Obviously later on it was an arbitrarily kept limit, but the limit itself, even doubled, makes it a horrible platform for any kind of debate.
NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
I see… TIL, thanks.