People like it because it's blogging but with a captive audience, and the 140-ch...

jrockway on June 28, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Twitter Conversations Come To A Screaming Halt; Us...

People like it because it's blogging but with a captive audience, and the 140-character limit keeps you from writing Steve Yegge-style blog posts. You make a point, your friends are forced to read it, they can reply. That's twitter :)