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Twitter Expands Character Limit to a Whopping 280 Characters!

Originally posted: November 7, 2017 by Kitty Lusby. Leave a comment
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If you’ve updated your Twitter app lately, you might have noticed something really cool about the length of your tweets. Take a look at this:

twitter expands character limit to 280 characters

That’s right.

Twitter now allows up to 280 characters per tweet!

Twitter Increases Their Character Limit

There’s been talk about expanding the potential length of tweets for some time now (Twitter announced their intentions in September) and the social network has been testing expanded limits since then.

If you don’t see the increased limit on your cell, try updating your app.

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Fun fact: the former 140 character limit was plenty of space for languages like Korean and Japanese, but in languages such as English and Portuguese, the same amount of information takes more space to express. That led to abbreviations and cramming in some cases, while other people used the reply feature to create a string of tweets expressing a single thought – these are called Twitter rants.

Twitter did a study and found that markets where people speak the more condensed languages rarely reached the 140 character limit…and that those people tweeted more.

Knowing that, it makes sense that Twitter would expand the character limit for those of us who need a lot of letters to tell you about the cute thing our cat did this morning.

Tweet Your Heart Out

If you log into the updated Twitter right now, that little circle in the bottom right is your character limit. It slowly fills up as you type and gives you a warning when you have just 20 characters left.

For longtime Twitter users, the expanded tweet size feels downright luxurious.

twitter expands the character limit to 280

Now your tweets are basically two tweets at once!

What you do with your extra space is completely up to you, but we recommend sharing this blog post for a start. Just saying.

Like every change that has ever happened to a social media platform in the history of ever, there are plenty of people who aren’t happy about it…even though we’ve all known it was coming since Twitter announced it months ago.

We, too, are fans of the way that Twitter’s space restrictions almost force users to use their words more carefully.

280 characters may be twice the length, but it’s still a character restriction. We hope the 280 maximum continues to prevent Twitter from filling up with those annoying “copy and paste this message” things that periodically flood that other big social network.

What do you think of the increased Twitter character limit? Do you love it or hate it?

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Published: November 7, 2017
Updated: November 8, 2017
Headline: Twitter Expands Character Limit to a Whopping 280 Characters!
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4 responses to “Twitter Expands Character Limit to a Whopping 280 Characters!”

  1. Richard Sheffield Richard Sheffield says:
    November 8, 2017 at 8:37 am

    For a business like us the extra characters will allow me to post more content which I can do on IG. Not to post wasteful junk, but if I need that 10 more words for the hook or description.

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    1. Kenny Eliason Kenny Eliason says:
      November 8, 2017 at 1:38 pm

      Right?! I think it’s a very smart move by Twitter. They need the extra real estate. Gotta make some improvements.

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  2. Barb Wolfe Barb Wolfe says:
    November 8, 2017 at 1:32 pm

    Oh good God, don’t tell D.T.

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    1. Kenny Eliason Kenny Eliason says:
      November 8, 2017 at 1:39 pm

      😂

      Reply

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Kitty discovered her talent and passion in middle school, when she began an illicit business selling "romantic" short stories to her preteen classmates. Eventually, the school board expressed its extreme disapproval, so she moved on to more academic writing pursuits; she did older students' essay assignments for money. As an adult, Kitty has found that content marketing and copywriting are perfect for legitimately exercising those writing skills. In early 2014, she moved to the Las Vegas area on a whim after enjoying a taco during a cross-country road trip, and fell passionately in love with the city, its downtown culture, and its abundance of 24 hour taco restaurants.
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