Invisible Asymptotes

For infovores, text, in contrast to photos or videos or music, is the medium of choice from a velocity standpoint. There is deep satisfaction in quickly decoding the textual information, the scan rate is self-governed on the part of the reader, unlike other mediums which unfold at their own pace (this is especially the case with video, which infovores hate for its low scannability). (View Highlight)

The ideal tweet (which I mean one that will receive maximum positive feedback) combines some number of the following attributes: Is pithy. Sounds like a fortune cookie. The character limit encourages this type of compression. Is slightly surprising. This can be a contrarian idea or just a cliche encoded in a semi-novel way. Rewards some set of readers' priors, injecting a pleasing dose of confirmation bias directly into the bloodstream. Blasts someone that some set of people dislike intensely. This is closely related to the previous point. Is composed by someone famous, preferably someone a lot of people like but don't consider to be a full-time Tweeter, like Chrissy Teigen or Kanye West. Is on a topic that most people think they understand or on which they have an opinion. (View Highlight)