Twitter character restrict to extend from 280 to 4000, Elon Musk confirms

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that the character restrict on Twitter shall be elevated from the prevailing 280 to 4000. “Elon is it true that Twitter is ready to extend the characters from 280 to 4000?”, requested a Twitter person. ‘Yes’ Elon Musk replied to the person’s questions. He, nonetheless, didn’t reveal different particulars like when the change is coming.

The upcoming change has acquired a combined response from the Twitterati.

“That can be the worst factor to occur to Twitter. It was once 120 characters at first, then it grew to 280. The level is that this quick format is THE level of Twitter. It’s actually within the identify of the platform. It’s ‘tweet’, not ‘fart’ or ‘vomit’”, commented one user.

Elon is it true that Twitter is ready to extend the characters from 280 to 4000?

Kindly @elonmusk

— Allan Obare (@AllanObare4) December 11, 2022

“Wow…4000? I assumed he said that was going to extend the characters restrict to 420 (as homage to the ‘4/20’ weed reference). Not that I thoughts, however 4000 characters appears to be an excessive amount of for the sort of short-form platform. IMHO, 420 would’ve been high-quality, however 500 can be very best”, wrote another.

Some expressed their concern over Twitter becoming another Facebook if the word limit is increased to 4000. “Not another Facebook @Twitter is efficient with 280 characters. Tweets should be 240. Another textbox entity limited to 1,000 characters is fine; however, it needs to be separate. I would rather just keep the 240 and use a thread. It allows for better interjections in threads”, a person commented.

For the unaware, Twitter initially had a personality restrict of 140 characters. The character restrict was elevated to 280 in 2017. For posts longer than this, Twitter permits customers to create Threads to create continuity. With the restrict elevated to 4000, it’s possible that Twitter could put an finish to Threads and customers could take to writing lengthy blogs like these on LinkedIn and Facebook.

Meanwhile, Twitter has relaunched its Twitter Blue subscription for $8 on the net model and $11 for Apple iPhone customers. The subscription brings the flexibility to edit tweets, add movies on 1080p decision and blue tick for Twitter profiles.

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