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Twitter to Increase Tweet Character Limit to 4,000, Elon Musk Says
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I agree 1000%. Genius lies in brevity. Which is one HUGE reason Twitter was previously such a fantastic idea. 140 was stupid. 280 was good.
MacRumors, Please continue to cover Twitter.
It’s amusing how it triggers low IQ individuals who can’t live without restrictions.
The 4000 character limit is something you can utilize or not.
It’s about your freedom of choice many cry about.
You can read a 4000 character post or just ignore it.
It’s amusing how it triggers low IQ individuals who can’t live without restrictions.
The 4000 character limit is something you can utilize or not.
It’s about your freedom of choice many cry about.
You can read a 4000 character post or just ignore it.
Imagine calling the wealthiest and most successful human being to ever live a buffoon - lol.
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Who really has the time to read long Tweets? I thought, “Less is more”. Clearly, Elon loves attention and loves to talk. He wants people to write essays, 🤦♀️
I suppose new tweets can now be described as having been Elongated...
Edited to change post-not worth the energy.
On topic, glad to see character counts increased. People act like you have no choice but to post 4,000 characters.
On topic, glad to see character counts increased. People act like you have no choice but to post 4,000 characters.
Thesis as a tweet. The modern challenge. 🧐😀4000 character limit wow....
I can write my graduation thesis on this one, with full LaTeX support kekw.
What's next? Removing character limit?
Also, I have a sense this 4000-character thing is going to be behind a paywall as well.
Adults are just bigger babies.
I dislike Twitter and most “social me, me, me!” media like Instagram, TikTok, etc collectively referred to as the SnapTikTakoGrams.
However, I don’t mind getting up to date about what’s going on on apps and platforms that are heavily used by mobile users at large, iPhones included, without having to search for it. Also because you are way more impartial in the delivery.
Also dislike the idea that members can’t skip past the title hence everybody else have to go bust. I equate it to going down the mall and having to get into every single store and have to eat, sniff, try on, sip-on every single item offered by every single store whether it’s to their liking or not… there’s a line here.
My .00002 cents
And like I allude to often, 10 years ago! Musk didn’t make it trash, it has been, is and will be since it launched.
Yes anyone not liking off topic stories is a low iq individual. Great, in depth analysis. Almost as sophisticated as most tweets on that silly echo chamber.
Yes! The difference is the price of the toys.
I completely believe that we never really leave school… “who got what and who’s wearing what” but with more expensive clothes, houses and cars that are parked outside at the driveway so they can impress their neighbors, instead of the garage also because said garage is filled with useless stuff (instead of letting that useless stuff be left at the stores they were bought from)
Don’t get me started on the corporate world…
Edit: alright, that was a vent. Your liner was so on point.
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I don’t think so. It’s slowly dying! ☺️
I don’t have a horse in this race but I don’t see much genius on Twitter; it’s not the character count.
Of note, people can already write long essays in form of a multi-post.
Make sure you join the millions of other tweeting about how Twitter is dead.
Twitter will eventually increase its character limit from the current 280 to 4,000, the company's new CEO, Elon Musk, has confirmed on Twitter.
In reply to a question whether rumored plans for Twitter to increase the character limit to 4,000 were true, Musk responded "Yes," without providing additional information. Twitter originally had a character limit of 140 before it was increased to 280 in 2017.
The exact details of the increase in character limit are not yet known, but previous reports and tweets by Musk suggested Twitter may make it easier for users to break up long chains of texts into multiple tweets part of a thread. It seems that an increase to 4,000 characters would eliminate that idea, and users could simply post longer blocks of text in single posts.
Twitter announced over the weekend that it plans to relaunch its Twitter Blue subscription service on Monday, which will offer users a verified blue checkmark and other perks such as the ability to edit tweets and upload higher-resolution 1080p videos. Twitter Blue will relaunch with a higher price of $11/month for iPhone users after Musk criticized Apple's 30% commission taken from in-app purchases.
Article Link: Twitter to Increase Tweet Character Limit to 4,000, Elon Musk Says
Days after he bought Twitter he said increasing the character limit was planned. As recently as Nov 27th Musk posted “It’s on the todo list” when someone tweeted the limit should be 1000 characters. So suddenly it’s 4000? Let’s wait to see.
So no more tweet on tweeter … 46Billions plus all the current loss on money and talents …
He is right he is chef tweat …
He is right he is chef tweat …
Wake me up when he fixes the video player issue and brings back wallpaper themes.
I’ve never been on Twitter but imagine it’s like this forum. Short musings on various topics.
It’s social media which is an integral part of Apple … at least to the extent their $100m budget indicates.
It is great if you follow people that don’t live in controversy, so avoid politicians, journalists, many celebrities and such.
I never post but I follow a few people (historians, fitness trainers etc) and some info is good.