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Mar 24, 2019 at 00:26
The limitations of Twitter's design today, and how it's hard to structure conversations:
It’s Impossible to Follow a Conversation on Twitter
It’s Impossible to Follow a Conversation on Twitter
Without major fixes to the product, the platform will never be a place for complex discussions.

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