Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Sunday suggested the platform will dramatically increase character limits on tweets from 280 to 4,000.
“Elon is it true that Twitter is set to increase the characters from 280 to 4000?” one user tweeted at the social media platform’s new owner.
“Yes,” Musk responded.
Such a change would shift Twitter away from its microblogging format that led to the platform’s rise, allowing users to write tweets more than 14 times longer than the current limit.
Currently, users wishing to write posts longer than the limit of 280 characters must create a thread and write their comments across multiple consecutive tweets.
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But the limit still remains below most other major social media platforms, contrasting Twitter’s microblogging setup with platforms like Facebook and Instagram.
The change would mark one of multiple major modifications Musk has made to Twitter’s platform since taking over the company in late October.
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Musk says Twitter character limit will increase to 4,000 https://t.co/BDL06qmned pic.twitter.com/82qu4Dtp5Q
— The Hill (@thehill) December 12, 2022
If Twitter goes to 4000 characters I will just have a policy of blocking anyone who does that. Easy. https://t.co/xTQ3WFF28E
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) December 11, 2022
Oh joy! More characters with which Trumpies and assorted conspiracy loons can spread their bovine excrement.
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