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Why do people chain post on microblogging platforms rather than link to a blog post? (lemm.ee)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/26108835

I'll read long posts in either format, but the fragmented format of chained microblog posts, or threads, is mildly distracting at times.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

If the experience of visiting other sites wasn't so bad, I would happily visit more links. I really like reading articles and long form content. If the contest was purely long form vs short form (or very fragmented long form), long form wins.

I might be the wrong audience though because Twitter and Mastodon never really appealed to me all that much.