[renonn]

“you're not the first person I've seen who seemingly find it extra ridiculous to react to something someone tweeted, as if publishing a tweet or a series of tweets is not an act of speech, and I don't understand it.”

because people say stuff online they would never say in real life. i hope that cleared things up for you

[dylan604]

as if that makes it hunky-dory. hope that clears things up for you as well.

[thegrimmest]

Rather as if it makes the reality (and therefore the norms, and therefore any rules which aim to be descriptive rather than prescriptive) of online speech different from in-person speech.