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Inertia of a Tweet

By Nathan | February 10, 2009

A conversation with a co-worker today exposed a great analogy. A single tweet may have little inertia, but a stream of them can build a lot of momentum.
Twitter limits users to messages of 140 characters or less. Short messages. So short, in fact, that it would seem to preclude robust discussions, complicated thoughts, or mature [...]

Posted in Social Media | Also tagged analogy, inertia, momentum, twitter | Leave a comment

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