Recently, Twitter made changes to it’s message system. The biggest change is the 140-word character limit per tweet. What does that mean for Twitter? How do you navigate Twitter’s changes?
First of all, some things won’t count in the 140-word character limit. Replies, pictures, videos, and quotes won’t count toward that character limit. A lot of people thought this would shorten their expressions on Twitter. But with these new freedoms, this will probably strengthen it. Before this, even the quotes and usernames would cost you as many as 20 characters. Add a poll to that. By the time you got to the meat of your quote, you had very little space left. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey believes this will give Twitter users more room for greater and in-depth conversation. Other changes are in effect, too. They’ll be no more “.@” at the start of tweets. All followers will see tweets starting with a username. That could be a good thing or not so much. Because you have more space, you can use more media outlets in your tweets. You can even add to and re-tweet to your original ones. You can add new thoughts to the original ones.
They’ve done a good job freeing up more space to express oneself. Personally, I’m glad all followers will see your username. That means all your potentially bullying and ugliness will be exposed. Maybe it will make people think twice before posting. Twitter’s new membership members are dropping. They’re doing everything they can to bring them up. They’re broadcasting NFL games for free. The NFL is America’s game. Literally, millions follow Thursday night games of Twitter. That seems to be helping. This should help. But let’s face it: Some people don’t like change, even when it comes to their social media. But Twitter has it right, too. What do you think about Twitter’s changes?