vissha Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 In Less Than A Week Twitter Will Allow Longer Tweets Twitter 140-character tweet limit has been one of its defining features for a number of years now. Originally introduced because of the limitation of SMS, the restriction has frustrated many users who find it too much of a constraint. On 19 September it all changes. Unlike what it has done with Direct Messages, Twitter is not dramatically increasing the maximum length of a tweet, but it is changing what counts towards that limit. Images and other attachments, for example, no longer use up characters, leaving more for messages. This is certainly not something that has come out of the blue; Twitter users have been begging for more flexibility for some time and Jack Dorsey was talking about exploring the idea back in May. The Verge has confirmation that changes are planned for next Monday, and tweets will grow in length thanks to a couple of changes. Tweet 'extras' such as videos, polls and photos will not count towards the character limit, and the same is true of usernames that appear at the very beginning of a tweet. This is another example of Twitter's apparent desire to become something of a chat platform, and it's a move that's going to be welcomed by Twitter users however they utilize the platform. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RejZoR Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 They only needed freaking 5 years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luisam Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 10 hours ago, RejZoR said: They only needed freaking 5 years... It's time they decided to solve this issue. Frustrating how a twitter message shortens when you send it to 3 - 4 users and attache a media file: 140 characters might reduce to as few as 70 - 80, barely remains text to comment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc71520 Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 22 hours ago, RejZoR said: They only needed freaking 5 years... Yeah...Fast enough, ah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordi Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 excellent, ehehehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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