Can you truly express yourself to 140 characters?

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Reply 20

The Epicurean

April fools?

Reply 21

TSR Community Staff

Original post by Fullofsurprises

Well personally I think you probably can't, I can't bear to be subject to such an arbitrary number and therefore to be cut off in mid senten

Original post by Stiff Little Fingers

No. When limited character usage, can't display full thought. If can get opinion in 140 characters then don't have worthwhile opinion.

Despite my slip up of several posts, people are generally sticking to it here & the discussion is going extremely well.

Reply 22

Stiff Little Fingers

Original post by RK

Despite my slip up of several posts, people are generally sticking to it here & the discussion is going extremely well.

True, however as I showed you do need to go yorkshire accent at times to save characters.
Does quoting people count to the character limit?

Reply 23

TSR Community Staff

As someone from Yorkshire, I think going Yorkshire more often is a good thing...

Reply 24

Stiff Little Fingers

I don't. Lived up there for two years (originally a midlander), I miss the. The was a nice word.

Reply 25

PhysicsGal

Original post by Stiff Little Fingers

The was a nice word.

t' is a much better one!
Short, to t'point, + u save breath 4 other uses :smile:

Reply 26

geetar

This is a very good idea. I mean, what idea needs more than 140 characters to be expressed? It's not as if you're going to be cut off mid-

Reply 27

Vulpes

Seeing as you copied the 140 char limit, how about implementing Twttr too.

#amazing #thebest

Original post by greeneyedgirl

But succinctness is a skill that we all must learn. Take haikus, they express a lot with only a little.

There is a reason why haikus are not the main form of expression. Besides what exactly is "a lot". All I can see is nothingness in the absence of lines. Is nothingness a lot?

Reply 30

greeneyedgirl

Original post by Juichiro

Is nothingness a lot?

Nothingness is everything.

Reply 31

Ice Constricter

It sounds like an interesting prospect. But as can be seen from Youtube (which also has a character limit) people will end up making multiple

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 32

Ice Constricter

posts to explain one point like I'm doing now.

Reply 33

Captain Jack

Original post by Ice Constricter

posts to explain one point like I'm doing now.

Personally I see the strength of someone's debate in how succinct they are.

This was posted from The Student Room's iPhone/iPad App

Reply 34

Dez

Original post by Captain Jack

Personally I see the strength of someone's debate in how succinct they are.

Why?

Reply 35

Sephiroth

I'm sure I've seen posts in this section longer than 140 characters.

Reply 36

Norton1

Original post by The Epicurean

April fools?

Damn. I think you might be right. I was taken in.

Reply 37

The Epicurean

Original post by Sephiroth

I'm sure I've seen posts in this section longer than 140 characters.

Yes, and it is quite simple really to write a message over 140 characters. This is only a temporary feature for April Fools and thus they haven't fully checked it for any faults. There is a way around the character limit as you can see from my post :colone:

Original post by Norton1

Damn. I think you might be right. I was taken in.

haha, I think quite a few people have been taken in :mmm:

It was a good trick :lol:

Reply 38

Sephiroth

Original post by The Epicurean

haha, I think quite a few people have been taken in :mmm:

It was a good trick :lol:

Yeah I know how to get around it but I didn't want to break the limit to post that.

I don't think it's a terrible idea to be fair. I don't have time to read some of the essays some people write.