Twitter Rolls Out Expanded 280 Character Word Limit And And People Are Not Convinced

Can’t fit your Tweet into 140 characters? 🤔

We’re trying something new with a small group, and increasing the character limit to 280! Excited about the possibilities? Read our blog to find out how it all adds up. 👇https://t.co/C6hjsB9nbL

— Twitter (@Twitter) September 26, 2017

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

Not to be dramatic but I want to die https://t.co/fMDVeYjJVu

— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) September 26, 2017

If any of you thinks about putting 280 characters into my timeline i swear to god im blocking you https://t.co/hU9yOovJwC

— Alan White (@aljwhite) September 26, 2017

Twitter to trial 280-character tweets. Presumably in a few years we'll realise this had some colossal political impact on the Western world https://t.co/TD7znlM00g

— Jack Blanchard (@Jack_Blanchard_) September 26, 2017

Actually judging by my timeline this announcement is already the end of civilisation as we know it

— Jack Blanchard (@Jack_Blanchard_) September 26, 2017

Longer speeches are almost always worse than short ones, the same will be true of Tweets

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) September 26, 2017

on the plus side, jk rowling can now go into way more detail when she tweets about which malfoys wouldve supported brexit

— Kate Knibbs 🐋 (@KateKnibbs) September 26, 2017

The 280-character limit is a terrible idea. The whole beauty of Twitter is that it forces you to express your ideas concisely (1/47)

— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) September 26, 2017

My first 280 character tweet. pic.twitter.com/faXFh7GzHr

— Ben King (@MrBen_King) September 26, 2017

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— Ciarán McGonagle (@cpmcgonagle) September 26, 2017

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— EvRo (@_EvRo_) September 26, 2017

139 characters pic.twitter.com/WkfdXL8oLh

— Caitlin Kelly (@caitlin__kelly) September 26, 2017

If you're upset about the 280 characters thing, just imagine what John Kelly must be thinking

— Amir Tibon (@amirtibon) September 26, 2017

With 280 characters, North Korea doesn't stand a chance.

— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) September 26, 2017

Twitter spox says the group of users with the 280 limit is "totally random" and therefore no word on whether @realDonaldTrump is among them.

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) September 26, 2017