Ok, i understand that Twitter can be valuable.

I once had an exchange with a Silicon Valley CEO, illustrated by his ability to cram amazing content into 140 characters or less. I am not anti-Twitter.

(Though what I've seen of sports Twittering leaves me wholly underwhelmed about that sub-genre.)

What I don't understand is linking to a tweet. Look, if someone says something you think is important, why not just cut and paste the whole thing as a quotation? Heck, most people can retype 140 characters in well under a minute even by the hunt and peck method.

Why do people link to the tweet instead. Laziness? Or some weird Twitter protocol I'm aware of. Just doesn't make sense.

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Twitter is for twats.

But you can't cut a tweet, you'd have to copy it as the field is not editable unless its your tweet and you're in edit mode. So, one would have to copy, then paste.

I agree, it's not hard and don't understand the linkage. You're still copying and pasting content.

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The irony is that the URL to the tweet is probably as long, if not longer, than the tweet itself.

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Gee. Pedantry spreads even to Kevin. 🙂

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What can I say? I'm contagious. 😉

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