It’s good news for users who have been anxious over word that Twitter was considering increasing the character count, something that would fundamentally change how the service is used.
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The micro-blogging website, which extended the direct messages limit from 140 characters to 10,000 characters in August 2015, has been looking into ways for attracting more users to the platform.
The company is said to be doing so to lure new users. With the constraint of only 140 characters, there’s only so much you can say. The beleaguered company has struggled to combat its declining user base with many questioning the ability of the CEO to lead two companies simultaneously. Check out the Jack Dorsey interview on Today in the video below. The research firm lowered its growth projections for Twitter’s worldwide ad revenue to $2.61 billion from $2.95 billion. So, his company is experimenting with new features based on what its users are now doing. “We’re always going to make Twitter better”, he was quoted as saying in a Tech Crunch report on Saturday. But the features will be consistent with what the users want to do.
As with Dorsey’s attempt to defuse algorithmgate, his latest statement on the character limit may simply come down to semantics.
Breitbart’s Milo Yiannopoulos recently accused Twitter of “gearing up to purge conservatives” after the social media platform informed him that he lost his blue Verified checkmark for “recent violations of the Twitter rules”.
Are you happy to see Twitter’s expanded character limit has been nixed?
It’s that ability to create immediate dialogues that has gained Twitter its worldwide popularity, with the site taking on significant roles in elections, political and social strife and natural disasters.
Contrary to rumours, Twitter wants you to continue tweeting in the moment.
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The Twitter CEO also told Lauer that his company did indeed censor tweets that “promote violence”.
