Hahah. That’s a funny thought. I don’t think it does lead inevitably to toxicity, though. I don’t think the incentives it imposes are really that favourable to that sort of usage. There’s a hedonic attractor for venomous behaviour rather than a strategic attractor.
Right now the char limit isn’t really that hostile to dialogue. There’s a “threading” UI (hints that it’s okay to post many tweets at once) so it’s now less like “don’t put any effort into your posts” and more like “if you’re gonna post a lot try to divide it up into small, digestible pieces”
Hahah. That’s a funny thought. I don’t think it does lead inevitably to toxicity, though. I don’t think the incentives it imposes are really that favourable to that sort of usage. There’s a hedonic attractor for venomous behaviour rather than a strategic attractor.
Right now the char limit isn’t really that hostile to dialogue. There’s a “threading” UI (hints that it’s okay to post many tweets at once) so it’s now less like “don’t put any effort into your posts” and more like “if you’re gonna post a lot try to divide it up into small, digestible pieces”