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Some discussions have nuance that cannot be expressed in 280 characters. Yes, when expressing a simple idea or an idea you understand very well, you should be able to do so concisely. However, when providing information to someone else about a complicated subject, or trying to provide reasoning for something, it's very easy to need more words. There's a reason that encyclopedia entries are usually much longer than 280 characters even though they're expressing a single point that supposedly the author knew very well. When answering a question that requires referencing multiple other pieces of information and where the answers aren't certain, you even more easily overflow 280 characters. For example, saying "I started with a ballpark estimate from these facts (fact, fact fact), and extrapolating with this assumption, you get to this. However, if you extrapolate in this way, you get a slightly different answer" etc etc, expressing that uncertainty, the assumptions, and alternatives are all _very_ verbose. |