On #1: Twitter does have its advantages (I would match character counts with them, for compatibility). Compiling tweets and could-have-been-tweets that hold meaningful content seems like a good project. Twitter does have a lot of advantages doing this, and I think dominates the newsletter format. Doing it in a way that allows karma and extended discussion/comments in response does offer some offsetting advantages.
We could just start with an account that re-tweets liberally when people tweet at it with such thoughts, and see what happens, with people encouraged to post here if there is something worth discussing, and a thread that links to the account.
I could be convinced to do this if enough people make arguments that it is a good idea.
I’m unsure about Twitter. I would probably prefer it less if it was just an automated / curated bot, as that seems to lose the “compilation” feel. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I feel like I’d have to do a lot of scrolling to get a quick overview of what’s been brewing in people’s heads.
On #1: Twitter does have its advantages (I would match character counts with them, for compatibility). Compiling tweets and could-have-been-tweets that hold meaningful content seems like a good project. Twitter does have a lot of advantages doing this, and I think dominates the newsletter format. Doing it in a way that allows karma and extended discussion/comments in response does offer some offsetting advantages.
We could just start with an account that re-tweets liberally when people tweet at it with such thoughts, and see what happens, with people encouraged to post here if there is something worth discussing, and a thread that links to the account.
I could be convinced to do this if enough people make arguments that it is a good idea.
I’m unsure about Twitter. I would probably prefer it less if it was just an automated / curated bot, as that seems to lose the “compilation” feel. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I feel like I’d have to do a lot of scrolling to get a quick overview of what’s been brewing in people’s heads.
I agree that it would need to be someone who thought about what to include and what not to include.