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Twitter is considering removing the 140 character limit to tweets. Now while I am normally unconcerned with such things, I don't know if I want my feed to be spammed with #TwilightFanFic stuff.

http://recode.net/2016/01/05/twitter-considering-10000-character-limit-for-tweets/

Kurt Wagner wrote:Twitter Considering 10,000-Character Limit for Tweets

Longer tweets are coming soon to Twitter.

Twitter is building a new feature that will allow users to tweet things longer than the traditional 140-character limit, and the company is targeting a launch date toward the end of Q1, according to multiple sources familiar with the company’s plans. Twitter is currently considering a 10,000 character limit, according to these sources. That’s the same character limit the company uses for its Direct Messages product, so it isn’t a complete surprise.

There is no official launch date set in stone, these sources say. It’s also possible the character limit could fluctuate before it rolls out the final product, which people inside Twitter refer to as “Beyond 140.” Re/code first reported that Twitter was building a product like this back in September. A Twitter spokesperson declined to comment.

Twitter is currently testing a version of the product in which tweets appear the same way they do now, displaying just 140 characters, with some kind of call to action that there is more content you can’t see. Clicking on the tweets would then expand them to reveal more content. The point of this is to keep the same look and feel for your timeline, although this design is not necessarily final, sources say.

The design aspect is key. Making Tweets bigger by adding more content or bigger pictures has diminished user engagement in the past, according to one source. That makes sense. If tweets take a long time to consume or take up more space on your screen, it’s likely that you’ll view (and engage with) fewer of them. So Twitter is trying to add more content without disrupting the way you currently scroll through your timeline.

It’s hard to tell if changing the character limit will make much of a difference for Twitter. CEO Jack Dorsey has been looking for ways to jump start user growth for some time, and the company has thrown a number of product updates at users (including new event summaries called Moments) to make this happen. None of it seems to be working, and giving users more real estate to share their thoughts may not be the answer.

Still, it’s an important update in what it represents: A willingness to change one of Twitter’s most established product features. The 140-character limit has been around as long as Twitter has; it’s part of the product’s personality. Expanding the limit is a sign that Twitter and Jack Dorsey are willing to make serious changes in hopes of luring new users. Twitter is also tinkering with the idea of changing its reverse chronological timeline — another core Twitter feature.

With regards to expanded tweets, Twitter is also working out a plan for how to deal with potential spamming issues that might arise with an expanded character count, according to sources. It’s unknown, for example, if Twitter will restrict how many users can be mentioned in a single tweet, but the company is apparently thinking through those scenarios. Twitter plans to talk with some of its analytics and measurement partners to prepare them to handle longer tweets beginning later this month, sources say.



 
   
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They're trying to be more like Facebook.

ugh... that'll be a disaster for twitter.

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 whembly wrote:
They're trying to be more like Facebook.

ugh... that'll be a disaster for twitter.


Meh, Twitter is pretty much already a disaster just as it is.

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People seem to be able to do a lot of damage to their careers and personal lives with 140 characters. 10k will be hilariously devastating.
   
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Yay.....don't care. Twitter=giant flaming pile of dog feces.

Reality is a nice place to visit, but I'd hate to live there.

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 timetowaste85 wrote:
Yay.....don't care. Twitter=giant flaming pile of dog feces.


My sentiments exactly. I don't use Facebook either.

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Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.

MURICA!!! IN SPESS!!! 
   
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 Grey Templar wrote:
 timetowaste85 wrote:
Yay.....don't care. Twitter=giant flaming pile of dog feces.


My sentiments exactly. I don't use Facebook either.

I use twittah to keep up with news, sports and bewbs. I just "lurk" on twittah.

In facebook, I'd just piss everyone off.

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Its not the people who drove me away, though that would probably have done it too. It was Facebook's constant rejiggering of their layouts and privacy settings. Every time there was an update everything would reset to "visible to everyone".

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Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.

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This isn't that surprising, as Google has recently removed SMS as an option for calendar notifications - the world is moving past text messaging, largely.

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The whole point of Twitter is that the low limit forces people to be succinct in their messages. We've already got email and Facebook etc for writing long messages.

I like SMS, especially notifications. It works all the time my phone is on, which is all the time. I have to switch on data or find a hotspot for other stuff.

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I can't wait for the crazies to start tweating their manifestos.


 
   
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 Breotan wrote:
I can't wait for the crazies to start tweating their manifestos.

That happens now, it just generally takes more than one tweet to do it.

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So... slow news day?

   
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Well, somebody already beat them to it.

http://www.twitlonger.com/
   
 
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