Twitter plans to remove the 140-character limit
The social network Twitter is setting new goals. And it is that its last stages are not being as productive as expected. That is why those responsible are looking for changes and new features that will return to the social network of 140 characters the strength of a few years ago and more active users Although these changes could cause you to lose your identity and those 140 charactersThus, some rumors bet on the elimination of the limit of letters that can be included in a message or tweetSomething that would change the essence and use of this environment that has given so much news and information.
The rumors come from the medium Re/code, which collects information from internal sources of Twitter , where they ensure that their managers are planning to eliminate this limit when creating a new product that is not forced to this number of characters . That is, some kind of publication without limits or, at least, that can exceed 140 characters in length , offering more information and data to the followers that said message reaches. Of course, apparently, for now they are only internal ideas of this social network, without there being any model or specific content format programmed to reachTwitter in the short term.
However, Re/code refers to services like Oneshot , focused on overcoming this limit of 140 characters in a rather ingenious way: publishing photographs of a long text in a single message Something that offers much more information than a normal tweet. An issue that Twitter could begin to use to its advantage, perhaps even offering the purchase of messages with a larger limit of characters to create promoted content or important messages. A matter that only its managers and time will confirm.
Also, according to the same sources, Twitter is rethinking the way in which counts these characters in certain messagesThe idea is to extend the limit as much as possible, so in the future, links and photos could not suppose a lost space to the rest of the message that you want to share in the tweet. Something quite logical after the introduction of the photo cards that allow you to compose a complete message without reducing the character limit, or the option of retweet with comment, which offers the possibility of sharing information and add a 140-character message with impressions or assessment of the user. Tools that seek to give more freedom.
Neither should we forget the recent change in its private messaging service. And it is that the DM or direct messages can already be used without limit of characters, maintaining much more comfortable conversations that do not have to be a succession of short messages.Again, clues that support this theory about the creation of a new product or type of publication on Twitter that overcomes the barrier of the 140 characters Of course, at the moment, there are no official statements from the company, so we only have to wait and see if decide to risk losing the identity of this social network in order to increase their user base.
