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Quite often, the following scenario would occur (I know because I've been guilty of doing the same):

You start to write an eloquent response explaining why the tweet you're reacting to is wrong, but suddenly you hit the character limit. You spend a few minutes trying to rephrase your thoughts to fit within the limit, but now your message doesn't make any sense. Frustrated, you delete everything and just post "You are wrong" or "Screw you" instead.

Do you have any indication that factors other than the character limit might be responsible for the poor quality of discussions on Twitter?
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David A. Harding 2y ago

I'm not a "screw you" kinda guy, so when I couldn't write short, I usually wrote nothing at all. Sometimes, in retrospect, that was a good call, but it other cases it just meant that misinformation stayed out there or it received a "screw you" or other unhelpful response from someone else.

I think brevity should be encouraged but not required.

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