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Being able to distill a story down into bite sized chunks sounds like an optimization for the younger generation, with their 20 second attention span.

It's not something I necessarily associate with "good writing". Or does the skill transcend the medium and help you write better long form content as well?

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Doesn't it boil down to the old "you don't understand it unless you're able to explain it to a 5yo"?

Because if you can do that, you'll also be able to express yourself within character limits

Also - purely because you brought generations up: Twitter is a millennial product. the brainrot Gen is mostly Alpha, and some zoomers.

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