[washingtonismoney]

[quote author=washingtonismoney link=topic=7604.msg59470#msg59470 date=1362151642]
Besides, there's nothing holy about spelling and usage anyway; it's just a shared convention to make sure we're mutually comprehensible.

And what is the purpose of communication if we aren't mutually comprehensible?
[/quote]

Uh...there is none? I don't see how this changes my point at all. There has to be some shared conventions of spelling and usage; it's just that the exact form is arbitrary. Since Twitterese is typically perfectly mutually comprehensible, it's as good a usage/grammar standard as any.

[washingtonismoney]

[quote author=washingtonismoney link=topic=7604.msg59470#msg59470 date=1362151642]
Besides, there's nothing holy about spelling and usage anyway; it's just a shared convention to make sure we're mutually comprehensible.

And what is the purpose of communication if we aren't mutually comprehensible?
[/quote]

Uh...there is none? I don't see how this changes my point at all. There has to be some shared conventions of spelling and usage; it's just that the exact form is arbitrary. Since Twitterese is typically perfectly mutually comprehensible, it's as good a usage/grammar standard as any.