Mixed feelings for Twitter’s 280 character upgrade
Twitter has increased the character limit for tweets to 240 characters, but not everyone was happy with this.
For months, microblogging site Twitter said it was planning to increase the limit for tweets from 140 to 280 characters and finally on Wednesday the upgrade was released.
https://twitter.com/Twitter/status/928004549478047744
Aliza Rosen, product manager at Twitter, said this would make it easier for people to express themselves as this will give them more freedom (and space) to get their points across in one tweet.
“Our goal was to make this possible while ensuring we keep the speed and brevity that makes Twitter, Twitter. Looking at all the data, we’re excited to share we’ve achieved this goal and are rolling the change out to all languages where cramming was an issue,” Rosen said.
But the change was not well received by everyone, with many saying this the increase in character limits was unnecessary.
Read: Tech Thursday: Twitter has just super-sized its character limit
This is what they had to say:
I really do not know how I feel about this 280 character upgrade. WE NEED AN EDIT OPTION!!!! #Twitter280
— Thabang 🏳️🌈 (@Potonsi) November 8, 2017
280 characters! Lord have mercy!
— Shawn Neo (@IamShawnNeo) November 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/emperor__mo/status/928152899011665920
https://twitter.com/swag_lukarz/status/928153406300213248
https://twitter.com/iAmKingducer/status/928148977345880064
https://twitter.com/Sushimibelle/status/928145807030730752
280 characters? Who ordered a double Twitter?
— Khaya Dlanga (@khayadlanga) November 8, 2017
280 characters are so tiring to read
— Trevor (@Tokyo_Trev) November 8, 2017
280 CHARACTERS IS TOO MUCH. TWITTER IS A MESS NOW. pic.twitter.com/tcpDEK8dap
— Melanie Tait (@MelanieTait) November 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/___Stef/status/928138001959604225
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