I think it is a generation thing. Mistresses are millennial and as such they love social media, like text, twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Most of them favor one o many short interaction spurts requiring focus for less than 30 seconds.

I was brought in this kicking and screaming, I did not really had a choice, the kind of emails which are my favorite form of communication provoke protests because they take more than 1 minute to read, which is deemed cruel and unusual punishment.

As far as twitter itself, I am looking at it as a heartbeat. Basically the mistress says, I am still in business.