Brevity Is the Soul of…What?

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This is an addendum to my previous post, in which I gave President Abraham Lincoln most of the credit for the spare writing style used today in Twitter posts (I’ll never get used to calling them “tweets.”) and phone text messages.

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The Twitter Style of President Abraham Lincoln

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I’m not a big fan of Twitter or Facebook, principally because of the way most people use it. I have no interest in accessing a global communication platform to read about visits to Starbuck’s or Victoria’s Secret. Nor do I have any interest in responding to such missives. I do, however, fully recognize the importance this technology has socially, commercially, and even politically.

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