What I really think about the writing space that twitter affords is that that, while twitter is a place with writing, it is not necessarily* a place for writing. Twitter is a micro-blogging service. It is meant for short thoughts or statements, not well thought out arguments. The writer is limited to 140 characters which inhibits the free flow of thoughts and makes informal abbreviations a necessity, which in turn detracts from the quality writing. 140 characters is not enough space to persuade.
For example, if this blog post was written on twitter, the first sentence would not have been complete. The * indicates where the tweet would have to end. Therefore, twitter is not a space for writing. It is a space for linking and sharing, but not smart, insightful, analytical writing.
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