I&#x27;m being honest - you took a position and defended it, I read it, and moved on. All in 139 characters.<p>I literally wouldn&#x27;t have had time to read a wall of text (which is what 5,000 characters is, it&#x27;s 850 words, i.e. a dense, full page and a half in a word processor, if 11-point text.)<p>this is why twitter took off.  it makes certain communication possible that just wouldn&#x27;t be!  it lets a celebrity talk to people who wouldn&#x27;t read even a single page interview by them, for example.  sorry if people don&#x27;t get this.