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I'm fond of tweeting a screenshot of longer text, e.g. from the notes app.

I hate when people do that. Much like I hate when people looking for support send me screenshots - it's SO MUCH harder to transcribe ID#s, for example, or to record the details of the issue for future search.

If it's a question of a lesser of two evils - tweetstorms or one screenshot - which do you prefer? Consider also the fact that when people share a tweetstorm, they may even take a screenshot of it.

> If it's a question of a lesser of two evils - tweetstorms or one screenshot - which do you prefer?

How about a screenshot with a link to the text version for those sufficiently motivated? I know most people don't care for accessibility, but sheesh, that simple courtesy would mean the world to those who use screenreaders.

What about http://pastebin.com or http://www.twitlonger.com (latter requires sign-in, though)?

Mine are Pastebin'd. Works fine for most writing.

I don't know if you care about this, but when you post screenshots of text, make sure you also provide a transcription, or you'll be excluding visually impaired users from accessing your content.

The whole point is you can't, because Twitter only allows 140 characters.

Twitter allows you to provide a caption for images now that gets inserted with the proper accessibility tags.

I just barfed.

And when you run out of resolution, write another note, take another screenshot, and post another tweet!

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