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Comment by rowbin | original | Show HN: textlog – A quiet, text-only microblogging platform, open-source, no JS
[−]rowbin · 2026-08-08 Sat 00:00 UTC · link
What do you mean with "became bad"? It started out with a 140 characters limit in 2006 and kept that for more than 10 years. So its the other way around: it became worse, when the character limit increased. Though I don't think its due to the character limit either way.
[−]BeetleB · 2026-08-08 Sat 01:00 UTC · link
It was bad long before they increased the character limit.

Saying shitty/toxic stuff can be done concisely. Giving a nuanced response is simply not possible. So people respond with jokes/sarcasm/counter toxic stuff. And the cycle continues.