“It allows for of-the-moment brevity”.
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No need to compromise on words while tweeting, as Twitter is changing its 140-character limit. While the service’s iconic 140-character limit will remain, it’s about to be less restrictive than ever because photos, and usernames will no longer count toward it.
Twitter recently announced that it will soon make tweets roomier. A number of users also expressed disappointment that the announced changes didn’t add editing capabilities – a long-requested feature – for tweets. “That just looks ugly, and it’s confusing”. Twitter started its life as an SMS texting app in the days before smartphones. In February, for instance, the company added an algorithm-driven option that lets users view timeline updates according to importance, rather than see tweets in the standard reverse chronological order.
In a bid to provide a more refined user experience and to entice more people into its platform, Twitter has decided to make tweets roomier.
“One of the biggest priorities for this year is to refine our product and make it simpler”, said Twitter’s Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder Jack Dorsey in a statement via TechCrunch. “I think Twitter is taking steps in the right direction by removing some of these limitations”, she told AFP. As this Twitter Update is the important and notable change in recent times around the Twitter Conversation. “The core problem is attracting new users and getting them to be loyal users over time”, he stated. We’re changing a lot. “This will make having conversations on Twitter easier and more straightforward, no more penny-pinching your words to ensure they reach the whole group”, Twitter said in a blog post on Tuesday. Wired reports that Videos, polls, and links to tweets will no longer count, as well.
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Other changes include the ability to retweet or quote your own tweets, so you can republish something from your archives with additional commentary. New Tweets that begin with a username will reach all your followers. In addition, when tweeting from one person to another, users will no longer have to place a period before the person’s user name. Today, we’re notifying you and our developers, so that everything works as it should when we roll these changes out.
