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When Twitter was launched in 2006, it was still referred to by the press as the official “microblogging” service, as one of its most important limitations was that a message could not be longer than 140 characters.
At first, this seemed like an unusual limitation, but over time, users got used to and adapted to this limitation. As a result, it generated a lot of publicity when the character limit was raised to 280 characters a few years ago, as many believed it would change the core culture of the platform, but the new Twitter, led by Elon Musk, decided to take action. even more radical step.
Twitter Blue (aka the Twitter follow feature) shared a tweet the other day announcing that Blue followers in the US will now be able to share tweets up to 4,000 characters long.
According to the announcement, this change was introduced due to the “flow” phenomenon, because it often happens on Twitter that someone writes down what they want to say through many tweets linked directly one after another, or writes it in a picture. or uses a separate service like e.g. Tweetlonger.
This isn’t the first controversial move on Twitter, as since Elon Musk took control, he’s been regularly targeted by critics for the director’s sweeping decisions. From the very beginning, the entrepreneur aggressively tried to monetize the platform, while practicing within the company a management style whose professionalism can be called into question even with the greatest benevolence.
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