Tuesday, 3 October 2017

Twitter's new addition (6)

Brevity is the soul of Twitter. We don't need 280 characters to say that


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Twitter has announced a major change. The social media platform decided to bring a new addition to twitter - it's increased character limit on tweets. From 140 characters, it has been increased to 280 characters. The article bears a negative stance towards this new feature. It explains how brevity of Twitter will be ruined as people herd to Twitter when breaking news hits because of how quick it is to understand what is happening. If this feature is taken away, Twitter's best  
  • If Twitter let's things like this happen, before we know it, the company will double the limit again to 560
  • The brevity of twitter will be ruined
Personally, I don't like this extended tweet length idea. I completely agree with the writer's outlook. Although it allows users to be more expressive and say more - sometimes less is more. In other words, part of twitter is users trying to condense their tweets and say what they're saying in the most simplistic way. If this feature is taken away, the thing that makes Twitter so unique is taken away.

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