Regarding the pointlessness of Twitter

Every so often, I'll see a link to what seems an interesting thread (conversation, whatever) on Twitter, and click through.

If there are more'n a couple tweets involved, sorting them out gets impossible.

Because, y'see, they're presented in something approximating chronological order, but with no indication of "this tweet is a reply to that tweet specifically."

So, a few entries down, there'll be a message that's a reply of sorts, by @andy... that mentions @betty, @chuck, @doris, and @edward... but it's not clear to whose tweet it's a response, let alone which tweet.  And, depending on which one it's a response to, @andy may have an important point, or he may just be a jackass.

As the thread is presented, ya just don't know.

Then, too, owing to the basic format, very often a standalone tweet will make sense only to someone who happened to be watching the same TV show at the time; the comment lacks any anchor to the outside world.

So, really brief comments, often without context, with the limited character count commonly chewed up by references to other users.

I guess this is the wave of the future, for people with the attention span of

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[Old AF Sarge]

Well played Eric, well played.