Brace yourselves. Longer tweets are coming:
Originally, our constraint was 160 (limit of a text) minus username. But we noticed @biz got 1 more than @jack. For fairness, we chose 140. Now texts are unlimited. Also, we realize that 140 isn't fair—there are differences between languages. We're testing the limits. Hello 280!
— Biz Stone (@biz) September 26, 2017
This is a small change, but a big move for us. 140 was an arbitrary choice based on the 160 character SMS limit. Proud of how thoughtful the team has been in solving a real problem people have when trying to tweet. And at the same time maintaining our brevity, speed, and essence! https://t.co/TuHj51MsTu
— jack ??? (@jack) September 26, 2017
Does Jack know what “brevity” means?
tldr
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) September 26, 2017
This seems very long https://t.co/CT9vXGvhpf
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) September 26, 2017
This tweet could be edited down to 140 characters and would be easier to read 🙁 https://t.co/Sf1HK3MAmu
— Matt Pearce ? (@mattdpearce) September 26, 2017
I've tried to read this 10 times but my attention span gives up after the fourth line https://t.co/9QodqeepTC
— Alex Kantrowitz (@Kantrowitz) September 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/SonnyBunch/status/912784807817555970
As far as most people can tell, there’s only one point: To screw Twitter up even more.
https://twitter.com/Yair_Rosenberg/status/912785816107278337
What 280 characters means for President Trump, coming to 1,000 news blogs near you. In the next 10 minutes.
— Jim Swift (@JimSwiftDC) September 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/amylutz4/status/912784721460969474
this is a nightmare https://t.co/45I8dCX7Ds
— John DeVore (@JohnDeVore) September 26, 2017
Wow, this already looks like garbage. https://t.co/NpLmzQgdO6
— Irin Carmon (@irin) September 26, 2017
Double the space to spew nonsense.
More room for more inane Twitter fights. https://t.co/3vSjmiAEEf
— Sean Hackbarth (@seanhackbarth) September 26, 2017
I'm sure points that are twice as long will be twice as good! https://t.co/f5A38JrKlZ
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) September 26, 2017
Wait, you want people on Twitter to express longer thoughts? People are hardly capable of filling 140 appropriately. https://t.co/wnheWIm1KZ
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) September 26, 2017
Just look at the length of that crappy post. This place is about to get a whole lot more insufferable.
— David Edward ? (@_David_Edward) September 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/hboulware/status/912785358382878720
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/912785502574665728
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/912787823320879104
YOU'VE RUINED IT. pic.twitter.com/cWY8IjvLus
— Ivan the K™ (@IvanTheK) September 26, 2017
No. God, no. https://t.co/oiHDd8oUYc
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) September 26, 2017
No. Please no. No no no no no.
— Brian Michael Scully (@brianscully) September 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/andylevy/status/912786884933320705
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
— Dow (@mark_dow) September 26, 2017
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu https://t.co/mykFDufEkL
— PoliMath (@politicalmath) September 26, 2017
This is bullshit
— Dad (@Aerocles) September 26, 2017
Solving a problem = destroying your core asset. https://t.co/DX2BKS1F07
— David Edward ? (@_David_Edward) September 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/JimmieWrites/status/912784748245913607
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