The claim is a major departure for the service, which has long been known as a destination for posting short snippets of text.

The claim is a major departure for the service, which has long been known as a destination for posting short snippets of text.

  • solrize@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1185·
    10 months ago

    Lol, twitter was brilliant when it was 144 character text messages. Then it got ruined by adding photos. Now it is going the rest of the way down the tubes by becoming becoming video first. Ugh.

    • cm0002@lemmy.worldEnglish
      724·
      10 months ago

      Oh yea back when it needed that limit because the whole point was to text it over SMS and you could post with any SMS capable phone lol

      That was fun and unique, now it’s just…boring? Just another social media site, it’s only defining thing is it’s (declining) size and reach

      • abhibeckert@lemmy.worldEnglish
        35·
        10 months ago

        SMS was the original reason, but the side effect of forcing people to condense their thoughts into a couple sentences was pretty wonderful. Especially for an open ended community where anyone can talk about anything.

        • Chriswild@lemmy.worldEnglish
          202·
          10 months ago

          I disagree with you simply because brevity is nice but not at the expense of nuance. Having to try to follow a string of tweets because one simply can’t suffice is awful.

        • flipht@kbin.social
          5·
          10 months ago

          Wonderful in theory, but in practice it’s a dumpster fire. Quick, mainstreamm-acceptable takes are incentived, and nuanced, alternative viewpoints are nearly impossible.

          If it were all for hobby stuff, it would be fine, but when this is how most people get their news, it’s not good.

    • Ottomateeverything@lemmy.worldEnglish
      342·
      10 months ago

      Hey at least photos worked…

      Video playback doesn’t work half the time, and the other half the time it insists on 140p playback and then freezes.

      They’re doubling down on something they’ve been failing at for years.

    • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      And with this brilliant move they are going to increase bandwidth and storage expenses. There’s a reason why it’s so hard to compete with YouTube.