The most interesting thing about twitter is how quickly conversations can move thanks to the limitation of the characters. This gives more incentive for viewers to look through more posts from various people rather than something like a long form blog on this site would, as they only need to take a few seconds to read what is posted.
When compared to a BlackBoard or an in-class discussion however, it can become quite difficult to talk in depth about a specific subject due to the character limitation, so it's a double edged sword. One good thing is that helps Twitter sometimes feel like an in-class discussion with various people commenting back and forth on a message chain. Messages on a BlackBoard discussion board are similar to Twitter in construction, but without the character limit, which also allows for more in depth discussions.
With all of this said, Twitter is currently the ultimate platform to have a quick discussion about several different topics, but it has also sometimes had a glaring negative effect on giving certain topics the gravity that they deserve.
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