Sunday, April 17, 2011

The Tweet Escape

While I've posted "deep thoughts" and political diatribes on Facebook before, I've notice myself using the social network less and less for serious discussion and more for personal, noncontroversial content. Most of my political content now goes on Twitter, despite the microblogging service's 140-character limit on messages. And while I find political posts on Facebook annoying, I enjoy reading them on Twitter -- even the crazy ones.

Am I the only the only one doing this -- and finding it counterintuitive? Shouldn't the silly stuff be short & sweet and the complex policy arguments have lots of room to expand?

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous11:48 PM

    I totally get this. I don't like reading political posts on FB. They sound preachy. But twitter is not as personal as FB and the 140 characters is short enough to ignore if I don't agree.

    -Shilpa.

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