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Nov 9, 2022Liked by David Friedman

Really excellent article, thank you. As for my feelings on Twitter, I only use it in a cursory way for professional purposes, so I can't say I care too much what happens with it. Like you say, they'll be something else along eventually.

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Nov 8, 2022Liked by David Friedman

Very interesting. But weren't the first tweets sent by the birds in your wood engravings?

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Nov 8, 2022Liked by David Friedman

This was informative and entertaining, thank you. Wondering if you’ve read “Because Internet” by Gretchen McCullough, that shows how modern texting reinvented some of the same verbal/written phenomena from when postcards and other new media became popular.

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I actually have it sitting on my Kindle but haven't read through it very far yet. I occasionally search it like a reference book, but hadn't thought to see if she has covered anything like this. I'll have to dive back into it!

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