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by akavi 3804 days ago
The more constrained a medium is, the easier it is for an amateur to make something that's "good enough" to be shared publicly without shame. It's the creative equivalent of a blur filter on glamor shots. And wonderfully, you end up with creative output from people who often wouldn't dare to create otherwise.

See also: Vine, Minecraft, Twitter, Instagram (quite literally) etc.