Twitter is a mysterious land of even mysterious creatures. In fact, if I may, it is a land of keyboard warriors who spend their days and nights spreading ‘re-tweet worthy’ stuff. But apart from the meme-making business, the Twitterverse is also a creative conglomerate of the brightest minds that never fail to amuse.
You know why? Because it is a proud patron of brevity in wit. Let me rephrase it; because it forced people to come up with all that they have, in just 140 characters. Up until now!
If you haven’t heard already, Twitter has rolled out trials to increase its character constraint from 140 to 280 character.
Yeah, double or nothing!
Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey took to the site and shared the news.
This is a small change, but a big move for us. 140 was an arbitrary choice based on the 160 character SMS limit. Proud of how thoughtful the team has been in solving a real problem people have when trying to tweet. And at the same time maintaining our brevity, speed, and essence! https://t.co/TuHj51MsTu
— jack (@jack) September 26, 2017
Even Co-founder, Biz Stone tweeted,
Originally, our constraint was 160 (limit of a text) minus username. But we noticed @biz got 1 more than @jack. For fairness, we chose 140. Now texts are unlimited. Also, we realize that 140 isn't fair—there are differences between languages. We're testing the limits. Hello 280!
— Biz Stone (@biz) September 26, 2017
And now that I have fulfilled my obligation of giving you all the deets, here comes the dirt! Scratch that, I meant jokes.
That’s right. While Twitter is has announced a test project with a small group, tweeps have come with jokes that will go ‘so true’ and LOL at the same time! See for yourself.
1. Ellen wasted no time in cracki
I’m so excited to be part of @Twitter’s #280characters rollout. Let me just say it’s an honor and a privilege. I’d like to thank my wonderf
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) September 27, 2017
2. Feel sorry for America, really! #MoreFakeNews
And in one stroke, Twitter doubles the complexity of our nation's foreign policy.
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) September 27, 2017
3. Same Chrissy. SAME!
literally my only talent was being able to think of tweets exactly 140 characters long. i don't know if I will be able to alter this to 280.
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 26, 2017
4. Ummmm
TWITTER USERS: It would be nice if you stopped people making death threats.
TWITTER: OK, but what if those death threats could be LONGER?
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) September 26, 2017
5. Nooooooooo
old twitter: follow back fam
new 280 char twitter: my fellow tweeter of tweets on the twitter, willeth thou follow in return for me followi
— Love Yo Self ✨ (@MichellCClark) September 27, 2017
6. You get the drift, right?
guys: hbd. 👍
girls: so, hi idk where to start from. words are less to describe our friendship..
twitter: aww, so sweet wait 😥#280characters— StoryPick (@StoryPicker) September 27, 2017
7. Here’s another if you don’t!
Twitter has increased the character limit from 140 to 280. Which makes it that much easier for me to transition into that uncle who sends excruciatingly long jokes on Whatsapp.
Should I change my handle to Kapoor Uncle or Bhatia uncle or Saluja uncle Ghaziabad or Luthra Uncle or
— Akshar (@AksharPathak) September 27, 2017
8. *facepalm*
Can't wait to get abused in 280 characters.
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) September 27, 2017
9. And look how (where) that ended!
Twitter is going from 140 characters to 280 characters. That's the reverse of what happened in Game Of Thrones.
— Karan Talwar (@BollywoodGandu) September 27, 2017
10. Bwahahahha
Twitter (140 characters): "Hey guys, I'm Vijay"
Twitter (280 characters): "Vijay Dinanath Chauhan, poora naam. Baap ka naam Dinanath Chauhan. Maa ka naam Suhasini Chauhan. Gaon Mandwa. Umar 36 saal, 9 mahina, 8 din, aye aur yeh solva ghanta chaalu hai."
— Akshar (@AksharPathak) September 27, 2017
11. Some things don’t change with time.
*140 characters limit*
Guys : nice dp dear*Twitter increases character limit to 280*
Guys : nice dp dear— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) September 27, 2017
12. Me IRL
#140characters vs #280characters 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/nF4WqPKMhF
— Mask 🎭 (@Mr_LoLwa) September 27, 2017
13. Oh, the irony!
Twitter Introducing #280characters limits for a tweet. pic.twitter.com/wlh3nxiPzC
— Rahul Prajapati (@RahulReply) September 27, 2017
14. *cries in a corner*
#280Characters 😭 pic.twitter.com/dABz4zRBDZ
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) September 27, 2017
15. The drama has just begun!
After @Twitter goes #280characters , I'm like pic.twitter.com/zf11webg3e
— Kanatunga कानातूंगा💧 (@Kanatunga) September 27, 2017
16. LMAO. Nothing more, nothing less.
Oh shit I was selected as one of the special ones to tweet in 280 characters. HAHAHA suck it losers, I feel like God right now. Wait, I'm not done, I would also like to say that all these words I'm typing right now are useless and I wasted them just because I CAN. These too, lmao
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) September 27, 2017
Have more to add? Feel free to tell us in the comments!
Meanwhile…
When you check your Twitter and still only have 140. #280characters pic.twitter.com/6D1heu90tM
— Looney Tunes (@WBLooneyTunes) September 26, 2017