&gt;<i>I also have a pet theory that Twitter&#x27;s problems with epic shitstorms&#x2F;political flamewars stems from the fact that you have people arguing politics&#x2F;economics&#x2F;important things with each other in 140 chars or less</i><p>I&#x27;m pretty sure those arguments and &quot;shit-storms&quot; are occurring everywhere there is written text on the internet, regardless of character limitations.