Twitter rollsout 280 character limit experiment

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Twitter users find it challenging to cram all their thoughts into a 140 character tweet limit.

Interestingly, this isn’t a problem for those who tweet in English. They can edit their tweet down so it fits, or remove a word but still convey their important meaning or emotion.

However, some users find it hard to summarize or shorten their tweets. This is a problem especially to Filipino users who tweet in Filipino language. We all know that our language may take up long words to form a phrase or sentence.

To solve this problem, Twitter finally announced that the company will roll out the new character limit experiment worldwide.

In a statement, Twitter stated: “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.”

Although this new feature is only available to a small group right now, Twitter said it wants to be transparent about why they are excited to try t hi s.

“Although we feel confident about our data and the positive impact this change will have, we want to try it out with a small group of people before we make a decision to launch to everyone. What matters most is that this works for our community – we will be collecting data and gathering feedback along the way. We’re hoping fewer tweets run into the character limit, which should make it easier for everyone to tweet,” Twitter sai d.

A lot of users have been tweeting for years, and Twitter understands that there may be an emotional attachment to the 140 character limit. However, the new 280 character limit shows the power of what it can do, giving users more room to express themselves while still being brief and con ci se.

Are you excited for this new update?