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As someone who never used Twitter, it seems like microblogs are like comments from a thread but the parent thread doesn't exist and each top level comment is its own topic? Perhaps a roundabout way of (kbin.social)
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As someone who never used Twitter, it seems like microblogs are like comments from a thread but the parent thread doesn't exist and each top level comment is its own topic? Perhaps a roundabout way of thinking, but am I on the right track here?

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[–] MassiveCelebration78@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean essentially your comment and this whole chain?

If you’re comparing to Reddit it’s like being on a megathread - topic is just the subreddit itself.

If you’re comparing to Twitter, then I think your logic makes sense

[–] WhackAndBlite@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks - the reddit analogy helps! The microblogging hasn't been immediately obvious to me at least.