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Tons of people read tweet threads on Twitter, that’s why people and organizations do them. As an author or organization, it’s easy to measure and compare audiences between the two channels (Twitter and website) and see this.

The two channels are also not mutually exclusive. Tweet threads can get turned into articles if they get traction, or vice versa.


> I don't know why people keep typing actual thoughts on Twitter

Laziness and direct reach to mass audience


Doesn’t that exact Twitter thread not advocate for OMAD because of the lack of evidence in human studies? (and what human studies there are for eating late in the day aren’t positive)

Agreed on the refined carbs & oils though.


You're not alone with your beef: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28945112


Thank you for your first paragraph. I don’t know why even respected people like John Carmack will make huge Twitter threads, like are they not self aware it’s unreadable and looks like an unorganized mess


It's different context when you're writing a thread a thread in twitter vs doing a blog post or something else like that.

If John Carmack just wants to get a couple thoughts out there, not worry about paragraph structure, and just kinda type and send as he thinks of it, then twitter is perfect for that.

There's probably many ideas that people like Carmack have that they don't think is 'good enough' for a whole blog post, but fits right in on a casual twitter thread.




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