From The Propaganda Professor:
Twitter’s shortcomings seem built into its very format. It was originally a platform that limited entries to 140 characters. That’s a constraint that encourages haiku conciseness rather than epic rambling; consequently, it’s pretty hard to develop a discussion in any depth (though not impossible — more about that below). Its best use is for posting pithy, punchline-like observations. And some people have done this quite well. There was even a book published called Twitter Wit, which offered a collection of some memorable gems like the following:
I attribute most of my good days to a couple of people with voodoo dolls cancelling each other out.
You know, most of the Harry Potter book plots would be over in 3 chapters if they had a decent search engine.
I’d love to see a fight between William Of Ockham and Rube Goldberg
Wit, n.: the delicate art of subtly steering a conversation in the direction of the hilarious pun you came up with three weeks ago
When people pick their ‘5 people living or dead to have dinner with’, don’t they worry they’ll be the most boring person at the meal?
Business slow at Heritage Foundation’s AynRandLand, where you build and operate your own damn ride, or there is no ride.