Twitter Releases 280-Character Limit to the Public
Say hello to the future of tweeting.
What was first a “test” for a select group of users has now been released to everyone on Twitter. On Tuesday, the social media site rolled out its 280-character limit to help everyone “express themselves easily in a Tweet” without having to conform to a previous limit of 140-character limit.
According to a recent blog post, “9% of Tweets in English hit the character limit. This reflects the challenge of fitting a thought into a Tweet, often resulting in lots of time spent editing and even at times abandoning Tweets before sending. With the expanded character count, this problem was massively reduced – that number dropped to only 1% of Tweets running up against the limit.”
Twitter even came out with a graph to show this trend:
With the new update, here’s how some members of the Twitterverse have reacted to the change.
We all have 280 characters? Well, as Shakespeare wrote, “Brevity is the soul of wit. The soul of wit is what brevity is. Brevity? Soul of wit? They're the same thing. Like if you had brevity in one hand and the soul of wit in the other, you’d be hard pressed to tell them apart.”
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) November 8, 2017
I will NEVER use 280 characters nor will I favorite or retweet a tweet with them. THIS IS MY FIGHT SONG
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) November 8, 2017
BBQ Chicken
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Put that on a T-shirt!! #280characters— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) November 8, 2017
There will never be enough characters to express our love for pizza. #280characters pic.twitter.com/oKR18EAKou
— Domino's Pizza (@dominos) November 8, 2017
#280characters? Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-it!
— Isiah Whitlock Jr. (@IsiahWhitlockJr) November 8, 2017
#280Characters certainly puts brevity at stake. May be this is a more suitable logo for twitter now. pic.twitter.com/u2e27tRP3J
— Ronnie Screwvala (@RonnieScrewvala) November 8, 2017
Don't let this 280 character update distract you from twitter shutting down Vine in order to dumb us down and get rid of actual comedy
— Zachary Piona (@Zachpiona) November 8, 2017
Mickey Mouse
Hercules
Bart Simpson
Harry Potter
Walter White
Bender
BoJack Horseman
Jack Sparrow
Betty Boop
Cartman
Katniss Everdeen
Batman
Sansa Stark
Dexter
Donald Duck
Ross Geller
I don’t know what people are talking about, but this Twitter update does NOT fit 280 characters.— Barbara Dunkelman (@bdunkelman) November 8, 2017
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