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I think the fact that Twitter is overwhelming a negative place is a bigger issue.

I think Twitter's overwhelming negativity is strongly related to it's character limit.

I spend a lot of time on Facebook and the ability to back-up one's opinions in greater detail with (relatively) longer arguments is pretty crucial tool for having constructive interaction.

I don't think it's the character limit, it's the fact that the stream moves so quickly that unless you tweet loudly more than likely no one will read what you write (unless you happen to be a celebrity).

While that's true, I think it's possible to find your own corner of the world that's not obsessing over the issues du jour and generally worrying themselves to death.

After trying many time to cull the people I follow to create a more positive space, I ended up starting a new account and only following people whose positive:negative content is really high. So far it's working well.

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