Twitter has rolled out an update to it's social messaging site that means that users will now have double the amount of characters to express themselves.
Where users used to have to deal with 140 characters, they now have 280. As expected there was a big reaction to the update on Twitter:
Gold stars all round for Dublin Fire Brigade...
? Bee-Baw ? Nee-Naw
? Bee-Baw ? Nee-Naw
? Bee-Baw ? Nee-Naw
? Bee-Baw ? Nee-Naw
? Bee-Baw ? Nee-Naw
? Bee-Baw ? Nee-Naw
? Bee-Baw ? Nee-Naw
? Bee-Baw ? Nee-Naw
? Bee-Baw ? Nee-Naw
? Bee-Baw ? Nee-Naw
? Bee-Baw ? Nee-Naw #fireEMS#280characters— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) November 8, 2017
Any Wire fans out there?
#280characters? Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-it!
— Isiah Whitlock Jr. (@IsiahWhitlockJr) November 8, 2017
Advertisement
NASA with a clever tweet...
? . * . ?
*
* . ?️ . ✨ *
. *
Thanks @Twitter, we can
always use more space ?
. . .
. * ? *
?
* ☄️#280characters— NASA Goddard (@NASAGoddard) November 8, 2017
My favorite emojis ?❤️☀️?✨????????????☃️⭐️?????⛄️??????????????????☕️??????????????????????????????????????????????✔️???????♀️???☘️?❄️☄️????⛱ #280characters
— Tammy (@heytammyy) November 9, 2017
Advertisement
Here's a satirical video on Twitter's decision:
Twitter explains the move to #280characters pic.twitter.com/mnK9zGJXUx
— Mark Humphries (@markhumphries) November 9, 2017
Ugh...
Guess who's keen for #280characters... pic.twitter.com/eEV6xOQm3C
— Vitruvian Rockgod (@CeleritasSqrd) November 9, 2017
Advertisement
Prassenjit Lahiri and Ty Barber did make some good points on the downside of the development:
The soul of @Twitter was brevity. Not anymore. #280characters
— Prassenjit Lahiri (@prassenjit) November 9, 2017
Y’all
realize
that
people
promoting
stuff
with
280
characters
is
about
to
be
annoying
with
tweets
that
take
up
your
whole
timeline
just
like
this
just
so
they
know
you
see
it
and
it’s
gonna
get
old
real
quick
actually
I’m
already
tired
of
it.
STOP
IT
NOW
PLEASE
!!#280characters— Ty Barber (@TheRealTyBarber) November 9, 2017
