Twitter Just Changed Its Character Limit And It’s So Extra People Can’t Stop Making Fun Of It
If you haven’t yet heard, Twitter will soon be implementing its biggest change yet: changing the 140 character limit to 280 characters.
https://twitter.com/Twitter/status/912783930431905797
Why?
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
It may seem like just a small difference for some, but let me tell you: this is going to change Twitter forever. For the best? I don’t know. But it all just seems so…extra?
https://twitter.com/jaboukie/status/912794276836237312
https://twitter.com/jaboukie/status/912941241678966785
back in the 90s, I was in a very famous tv show
i'm BoJack the Horse, BoJack the Horse
don't act like you don't know
and i'm trying to hold on to my past
it's been so long
i don't think i'm gonna last
i guess i'll just try
and make you understand
that i'm more horse than a man…— BoJack Horseman (@BoJackHorseman) September 27, 2017
Like, do I really care enough to hear 280 characters worth of information about anyone’s life???
Oh shit I was selected as one of the special ones to tweet in 280 characters. HAHAHA suck it losers, I feel like God right now. Wait, I'm not done, I would also like to say that all these words I'm typing right now are useless and I wasted them just because I CAN. These too, lmao
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) September 27, 2017
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┻┳| •.•) this seems excessive
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┻┳|— dan mentos (@DanMentos) September 27, 2017
Though, to be fair, the new character limit could really change up the game when it comes to how we express ourselves.
old twitter: send nudes bb
new 280 char twitter: dearest Penelope, it's been a harsh winter's time since thou booty has graced thy screen
— Alpha Male (real) (@SortaBad) September 26, 2017
And in one stroke, Twitter doubles the complexity of our nation's foreign policy.
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) September 27, 2017
you, a milenial on old twiter: avocodo toast
me, a milenial on new twiter: open-faced vegetebel samdwiche
— jonny sun (@jonnysun) September 26, 2017
I’m sure going to miss the brevity, though. The fun of Twitter is that it forced us to be concise — to tell the best story in the shortest way possible. That’s why the jokes that actually worked were such gold.
139 characters pic.twitter.com/WkfdXL8oLh
— Caitlin Kelly (@caitlin__kelly) September 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/poniewozik/status/912787813069934592
https://twitter.com/jientho/status/912794583314128896
Personally, I like this person’s idea.
https://twitter.com/pilotbacon/status/912791847843573761
Only a select number of users have the 280-character limit now to test how people respond to it, but the company hopes to implement it in its entirety soon. Does this mean I have to listen to twice the complaining now????
So what do you think? 140 characters or 280? Does any of this really matter? You tell me.