@yetanotherjess @Gargron My point exactly.
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@inmysocks @Gargron @yetanotherjess I get the use of it being decentralized and i'm all for it, but encouraging disparity in how people use the platform just means people will naturally sway towards the path of least resistance. If that involves skipping long posts then there's no reason for them to exist. Encouraging them in the design however, can make it possible for a dichotomy of short dense posts and larger posts to work. Besides, it would make the platform stand out from the others well.
@Gargron @yetanotherjess Besides, it would add a unique element of crafting toots that let you can get the message across briefly, before expanding on what you said in the expanded version.
@yetanotherjess @Gargron That's just purposely avoiding an inherent flaw in the current design. If you're suggesting I (and others) start ignoring long posts, what's the point in letting people make them in the first place? It'd directly impact overall engagement.
Heyy @Gargron, i've got some feedback. To prevent people ranting and to keep the twitter mentatlity of short dense messages, could you consider the possibility of truncating the message content after the first 140 characters until expanded? Large long messages like this are difficult to get through quickly, and was a part of what made Twitter great in the first place. I do like the longer format, but it would be nice to encourage shorter denser content to make my experience more fluid.
Who do I point feedback to?
@SeanSLeBlanc Yeah a nice solution would be to only use the first 140 chars for the timeline, then show full text on clicking.
Due to the format I can see people are gravitating towards twitter style short posts, and not ranting on and on, but that will change.
Only big critique I have right now, is that this platform is clearly attempting to feel like Twitter, but removes a lot of what made Twitter so nice in the first place. I mean for starters it lets me make these huge posts, and i'm absolutely certain this is going to be too long for most people to bother reading, or get the general idea at just a glance.