(Meta note: the commenting guidelines aren't showing up on mobile - it just says "habryka's commenting guidelines".)

Possible benefits (or attractions) of Twitter:

• Short term length.
• Short/variable post length. (I'm just going to write/read one tweet...)
• No voting.
• People who are there.
• Difficult to find things, unless directed there/but not too difficult. (Diaspora contained.)
• Lots to find, different bubbles. (Lots of things.)
• Pathologies. Perhaps drama = entertainment. (If you could be more specific, what pathologies?)
• More modes of use and engagement. (Not all of which are freestanding - consider link posts.)
• The format. (Reblogging navigation, also see Longer notes)
• Word of mouth (or a digital equivalent).
• Perhaps it's used in place of/in addition to Facebook.
• More casual content, and mixtures.
• Visuals
• Speed

Shooting in the dark:

• Features for filtering? (Having discussions with who you want/with the number of people you want.)
• The font + text size?
• average post length (acts like bullet points) + cute avatars
• lack of censorship?
• Everyone's there for the memes/low expectations about when content comes out.
• Everyone's there, not because of one thing, but because the medium is malleable.
• Something to do with governance

Longer notes:

• The best way to handle content of mixed length isn't clear - by length (and quality). Some short form content here seems like posts, with the downsides of not being able to view it as a post, and less engagement.

• Rather than discussions taking place in places, it's based around someone making a comment (in the set of all their comments sorted by time) and someone responding. The format is very different - if I want to read EY's Twitter posts/similar stuff, I know where to go. Celebrities might be there for the less serious entertainment, or because it's where everybody is, or for a lot of different reasons all of which are also there or conveniently linked to.

• If intellectual engagement requires focus, mixing it with stuff that requires less focus might make it easier for people to engage, or enable different levels of engagement.