One of the best reads in a long time.
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I love reading long stories in a twitter format /s
that's why twitter came to be. 160 characters in 30 blocks
For these types of stories, I find it much more readable than a giant wall of text - the structure of the medium forces you into better storytelling. (Not everything is this type of story, though! I would hate reading a research paper in this format, where each two-sentence block was intended to be interesting enough to be retweeted on its own.)
This isn't unusual in human storytelling. Other forms with a history of constraint causing a better result than an unconstrained pile of text include poetry, songs, and presentation slides.
Twitter threads feel more focussed (than long form content) to me. People skip fluff and focus on the important parts.
@threadreaderapp is your friend: