140 character limit being 'removed' for DMs on twitter

[peanutsrevenge]

https://twittercommunity.com/t/removing-the-140-character-limit-from-direct-messages/41348

 

New limit of 10,000 characters for Direct messages.

 

140 character limit for public messages remaining.

Makes DMs FAR more useful and makes twitter far more of a social networking tool imo.

 

#becausestrawpoll:

Like or dislike this change?

https://strawpoll.me/4605805

[Trik'Stari]

Why even have the 140 character limit on any of it?

[werto165]

Twitter in general is so annoying at times, when you're trying to say something but you can't easily fit it into 140 chars urgh

[KirbyTech]

Why even have the 140 character limit on any of it?

No idea but that is some of what made it what it is. That limit forced people to get their point out quicker and you never ran into a wall of text like there is on Facebook.

[XTankSlayerX]

YES.

P

[peanutsrevenge]

Why even have the 140 character limit on any of it?

 

Because for accounts like Linus' and Slick's who already struggle to get through 140 character messages due to the quantity, it means people are forced to be very succint to save our lives from reading for 5 minutes before realizing it's a an idiot who's just trolling you.

[Mohenjo]

Twitter in general is so annoying at times, when you're trying to say something but you can't easily fit it into 140 chars urgh

i think the 140 character limit is pretty good, keeps away a lot of flamers and if you want more than 140 characters then use facebook 

[Guest andyysplash]

Twitter in general is so annoying at times, when you're trying to say something but you can't easily fit it into 140 chars urgh

 

But it makes it all that more special when your tweet is 140 exactly. It's a bit of an art.

[Trik'Stari]

No idea but that is some of what made it what it is. That limit forced people to get their point out quicker and you never ran into a wall of text like there is on Facebook.

Because for accounts like Linus' and Slick's who already struggle to get through 140 character messages due to the quantity, it means people are forced to be very succint to save our lives from reading for 5 minutes before realizing it's a an idiot who's just trolling you.

I guess, but there are times where 140 characters just isn't enough to get a point across.

[KirbyTech]

I guess, but there are times where 140 characters just isn't enough to get a point across.

And for those times multiple tweets or a different platform are your options. I doubt they would ever remove the 140 character limit for such a small percent of possible tweets.

[peanutsrevenge]

I guess, but there are times where 140 characters just isn't enough to get a point across.

 

If I really need to, I use twitlonger, but fairly often it's to someone I could DM, but there's never really much of a point. Now there is and it might encourage more following, at least for a short time

 

There have been a few times where I'm trying to give technical feedback to a company on Twitter, trying to cram that into 140 just doesn't work and I don't really wanna go to another platform or inflict that crap on any followers that might catch. Now can just follow eachother for an hour and DM

 

[GzeroD]

I guess, but there are times where 140 characters just isn't enough to get a point across.

Then twitter is not the medium you should be getting that point across with.

 

Much like someone trying to issue a subpoena through the medium of interpretive dance; some things just are not made to do some things; and that is a good thing.

[Trik'Stari]

Then twitter is not the medium you should be getting that point across with.

 

Much like someone trying to issue a subpoena through the medium of interpretive dance; some things just are not made to do some things; and that is a good thing.

I would pay money to see that particular example actually happen.

 

Seriously, that would be so hilariously stupid, that I think it might kill anyone watching it.

[Xorbot]

Why even have the 140 character limit on any of it?

 

This post seems to fit very well.  You would have no problems in the Twitterverse.

[Xorbot]

Twitter in general is so annoying at times, when you're trying to say something but you can't easily fit it into 140 chars urgh

 

I like it because it removes people from rambling on and on.

[Trik'Stari]

This post seems to fit very well.  You would have no problems in the Twitterverse.

I see what you did there.

[terrytek]

YAY FINALLY. now they should raise the character limit for tweets to at least 240. it really sucks when you wanna tweet something fire but it won't fit within 140 characters.

[GzeroD]

YAY FINALLY. now they should raise the character limit for tweets to at least 240. it really sucks when you wanna tweet something fire but it won't fit within 140 characters.

They really need to not do this. The point of twitter is the brevity of it.

[terrytek]

They really need to not do this. The point of twitter is the brevity of it.

But it really pisses me off when i wanna say something but there isn't enough characters to express. Besides, i'm not asking much. And besides, 140 seems like a random number. I like at least 175-200 character limits.

[peanutsrevenge]

YAY FINALLY. now they should raise the character limit for tweets to at least 240. it really sucks when you wanna tweet something fire but it won't fit within 140 characters.

I'd rather see them not include @'s in the limit, at least when replying.

[GzeroD]

But it really pisses me off when i wanna say something but there isn't enough characters to express. Besides, i'm not asking much. And besides, 140 seems like a random number. I like at least 175-200 character limits.

One of the reasons it is so short is so that people will need to put a touch more thought into it. Give people more rome and they will use it because they have it; it just becomes a waste of time for the reader and a hindrance for the type of communication going on on twitter.

[Xorbot]

YAY FINALLY. now they should raise the character limit for tweets to at least 240. it really sucks when you wanna tweet something fire but it won't fit within 140 characters.

 

No, it just means that your thought is too verbose.  Even take your post, which can easily be written as:

 

YAY FINALLY. They should raise the limit to 240+ character because many tweets wont fit in 140 characters or less.

 

 

I re-wrote your message specifically to include every detail of the original meaning.  I didn't even take any shortcuts.  However, I can easily do that and it will become:

 

WOO! Should raise char-limit to 240+ cuz many of tweets wont fit with 140 or less.

 

 

Original: 174 chars

Rewritten: 114 chars (34% reduction)

Abbreviated: 82 chars (52% reduction)

 

So even if you don't want to use very short or abbreviated words, you can still achieve your thought by using fewer redundant or ineffective words.

 

Thank you for your time.

[terrytek]

I'd rather see them not include @'s in the limit, at least when replying.

They shouldn't include it in the limit, bc there are people with super long @s and it just hogs up the space for other tweets. i mean URLs aren't included, but that's a different story

[peanutsrevenge]

No, it just means that your thought is too verbose.  Even take your post, which can easily be written as:

 

 

I re-wrote your message specifically to include every detail of the original meaning.  I didn't even take any shortcuts.  However, I can easily do that and it will become:

 

 

Original: 174 chars

Rewritten: 114 chars (34% reduction)

Abbreviated: 82 chars (52% reduction)

 

So even if you don't want to use very short or abbreviated words, you can still achieve your thought by using fewer redundant or ineffective words.

 

Thank you for your time.

We need to crowd-fund you within this community to fit Linus ramblings into an abridged version. Take his 5000 words (spoken in 90 seconds flat) covering >19Khz audio spectrum and turn into a tweet. 

Could keep up with the latest tech news in 2 minutes per day

[RagnarokDel]

Why even have the 140 character limit on any of it?

Making a proper message in 140 characters is hard. I'd like it to be like 250.