In an effort to boost popularity, Twitter experiments with new 280-character tweet limit
Twitter is currently testing a new feature which would allow tweets to be expanded to 280 characters, double the existing limit, in yet another effort to boost flagging growth at the social network. At the moment, a small group of users will see the new limits before the company decides on rolling out the changes globally.
Product manager Aliza Rosen and senior software engineer Ikuhiro Ihara said in a blog post, “We want every person around the world to easily express themselves on Twitter, so we’re doing something new: we’re going to try out a longer limit, 280 characters, in languages impacted by cramming (which is all except Japanese, Chinese, and Korean).”
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
Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey stated that though this could be a small change, it is a big move for the company. …read more
