RT @alenxa:
So I found this list of intellectual vs emotional words and the emotional ones are all shorter. Suggests that valuing low character count may lead to higher visceral response to that communication. Meaning, Twitter is designed so that we get worked up over it. Studies? Plz?
@alenxa Ooh, that’s an angle I hadn’t thought of before!
I’ve seen a lot of discussion of anger driving more engagement (which ad-supported services love) and someone suggested that it’s hard for most people to convey emotion in writing without exaggerating.
Now adding this factor…
I wonder if there’s a way to isolate other factors that have driven up the general anger level and compare the 140-character era to the 280-character era.
It does seem like the general level has been getting worse, but if that change decelerated things, it could support it.