I think most of Twitter’s incredible success can be attributed to how streamlined it is. With messages being limited to 140 characters, there is no information overload going on. There are already a multitude of web pages and blogs chock full of information that we can access if need be, so Twitter doesn’t even try to do this, nor does it need to. If more information is needed, it has been made incredibly easy to create short URL’s to link into messages.
Tweets are easy to produce and access on the go, as these short messages are easy to type out or read on a phone. This is a sort of mobile convenience that popular social networks like Facebook are now trying to implement, but because they are more complex, they aren’t as effective as Twitter. I’ve found that if I want the quickest and most to the point information, I now visit Twitter before any other social media sites. So, the simplicity and character limitations of the site that some may view as a hindrance, are actually enhancing the user experience.
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