Goodbye threads. These long series of tweets will soon cease to exist. Elon Musk could increase the limit of characters available within a post from 280 to 4,000. That’s 14 times more.
At least that’s what the new head of the social network suggests. A user called him on Sunday to ask: “Elon, is it true that Twitter is about to increase characters from 280 to 4,000?” Faced with this question, the leader settled for a simple “yes”.
a historical feature
The idea of an increase in this limitation has been maturing for some time in the billionaire. Already in late November, he assured that the transition to 1,000-character posts was on his to-do list.
The sign limit is a historical feature of Twitter. When it launched, users had only 140 characters to express themselves. In November 2017, that number had doubled to 280.
But since his takeover of the platform, Elon Musk has shown his desire to end this limit. However, there is no indication of the format of such a measure. Will posts be truncated? Will a develop button be offered? If these questions remain unanswered, there remains another according to Mashable: With 4,000-character posts, will Twitter always be a microblogging app?
Source: BFM TV
