Thread by @RonColeman

I don't know everything and I don't know everything about Twitter and u don't know everything about Twitter threads.

But I do know something. And one of those things is:

It's worth the effort to avoid breaking up sentences, much less clauses, across more than one tweet. >

One reason to do this is that when you don't, you're asking quite a lot of readers. Reading a sentence divided across multiple tweets is quite a strain on neurological resources.

I say this as someone who is grateful to have been amply endowed with such resources. >

You also want every tweet, to the extent possible, to be able to stand on its own. That may be a lot to ask, but people may realize it but many of us quickly scan a tweet and look for the last few words to do an initial assessment of coherence. >

Also, most people don't appreciate it when an entire thread is RT'd. So a tweet of the first tweet is usually a sufficient way to recommend a thread.

Sometimes, though, I'll share another, perhaps more intriguing tweet (or two) a few tweets down the chain. >

If not a single tweet after the first one starts with an initial cap, though, I have nowhere to land - either cognitively or from a sharing perspective.

So do the work. A short essay in the firm of a series of tweets can be a fine thing indeed. >

I don't know everything and I don't know everything about Twitter and I don't know everything about Twitter threads.

But I do know something. <>

*I not "u"

(sigh) *in the form