One of the less obvious things I really appreciate about fedi: I see so many more cool personal *projects*, rather than just "startups" or "side gigs" or whatever other capitalist venture.
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I wonder how much of this has to do with the bigger character limits, leaving space for people to actually present their projects *without* needing to capture it into some snazzy marketing slogan soundbite
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It might also be the people on here, who are just awesome, with very few exceptions 🥰
Like, both literally for screenshots, but also for, like, embedding quotes in news articles, flashing it up screen in a news report, or even citing it in a headline.
I think a lot of Twitter's design relies on that. It's easier to feed people outrage and get them engaged if the pieces you do it with are bite-sized.