Twitter Character Limit Increased to 280, Users Have a Field Day

Twitter users react to the increased character limit. Find out what they have to say.

In a blog post dated 26 September, Twitter announced that it would try out a longer limit of 280 characters in languages impacted by cramming, that is, all languages except for Japanese, Korean, and Chinese, in which it is possible to convey twice the amount of information using the same number of characters.

Can’t fit your Tweet into 140 characters? 🤔

We’re trying something new with a small group, and increasing the character limit to 280! Excited about the possibilities? Read our blog to find out how it all adds up. 👇https://t.co/C6hjsB9nbL

— Twitter (@Twitter) September 26, 2017