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9 Oct, 5 tweets, 1 min read
Feedback Time - A year back, I started writing 11 tweet long twitter threads on historic personalities (Mostly European, as it turned out) who have an impact on present day world. I have done 135 threads so far and now wondering if I should continue? 1/5
The thread in question, started on 12th October 2020 2/5

Collated into two blog posts with added context on their impact in present day world 3/5

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Overall, the feedback has been positive so far. So, thanks to everyone who have read the threads and I hope you found them useful / informative. 4/5
I also request for your feedback. The poll is to mainly gauge opinion. I will be continuing the threads till the end of the month, but beyond that will be based on the qualitative (Not quantitative) aspect of the feedbacks received, here and elsewhere. 5/5

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