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cipherpunk on June 5, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Usenet, updated in real time as it was thirty year...

When I hear Twitter being compared to the golden age of Usenet, I reach for my pistol.

Nothing of real substance fits into 140 characters. Which is unfortunate, really, since Twitter is so popular these days.

joeyh on June 6, 2011 | [–]

100% agree, but ironically the most read single post on olduse.net so far actually fits in a tweet: http://identi.ca/notice/75500867

tomjen3 on June 6, 2011 | [–]

You are aware that "Nothing of real substance fits into 140 characters." fits in a tweet right?

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