[herodoturtle]

Or alternatively (in my humble opinion), they should stop trying to be what they're not (a long form blogging platform) and instead stick to what they excel at (short broadcasts that are hashtag groupable and searchable).

[thesuitonym]

The problem isn't Twitter trying to be something it's not, it's that the short broadcasts that are hashtag groupable just is not a useful platform. People want long form writing platforms, but don't want to choose between Twitter, where people are, and blogging, where people aren't.

[herodoturtle]

I totally agree with this:

> People want long form writing platforms, but don't want to choose between Twitter, where people are, and blogging, where people aren't.

But this:

> short broadcasts that are hashtag groupable just is not a useful platform

I completely disagree with.

It's been proven to be a very useful platform indeed. Again, not for long form blogging, but for short to-the-point announcements that can instantly reach a wide audience (and that can be grouped with related announcements and quickly searched for) - I think it's incredibly useful.