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> Short form posts lacking depth but very, very timely?

...and funny. That's what was good about the Internet. It was ephemeral, like Geocities gifs and Flash cartoons. Funny posts on Twitter would generate conversations, and quote tweets would allow people to out their own spin on it.

Unfortunately VCs thought it was a billion dollar idea and ran it into the ground by turning it into the internet equivalent of talk radio.



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