So.. Micro-blogging social networking platform Twitter just announced that they are currently testing 280-character tweets, which is double the amount of the current character limit of 140.
The company wrote in a blog post, “Our research shows us that the character limit is a major cause of frustration for people tweeting in English”.
“When people don’t have to cram their thoughts into 140 characters and actually have some to spare, we see more people Tweeting — which is awesome!”
But here’s the thing – we don’t know about you, but we actually take pleasure in successfully jam-packing whatever we have to say in under 140 characters and it gives us some sort of satisfaction no words can explain.
Naturally, the internet also has some thoughts about the announcement:
#280Characters
Hey, I know you guys, let’s take the very thing that makes this work and wilfully throw it away-Those geniuses at Twitter
— Miss Texas 1967 (@MsTexas1967) September 26, 2017
My pledge is I will never post a tweet with more than 140 characters.
Truth is singular and brevity is the soul of w#280characters
— Spectre (@FullSpectre) September 26, 2017
After spending the last 10 years training our brains to think in 140 characters #280characters pic.twitter.com/GVC6rfgzqa
— TrivWorks (@TrivWorks) September 26, 2017
I’m so excited to be part of @Twitter’s #280characters rollout. Let me just say it’s an honor and a privilege. I’d like to thank my wonderf
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) September 27, 2017
At least now we can put an end to this, “I didn’t use the Oxford comma because I ran out of characters” bullshit. #280Characters
— Sarah Watson (@SarahWatson42) September 26, 2017
Women on Twitter excited death threats can now be twice as long.
— Heather Kelly (@heatherkelly) September 26, 2017
— Brian Barone (@brianrbarone) September 26, 2017
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