The Thread: Here’s what Twitter did to the first 280 character tweet

Yesterday night, Twitter announced an update: its 140 character limit had been reviewed. Henceforth, Twitter users can type up to 280 characters.

Twitter was quite ecstatic about this new update, but the best users of the app could summon was “oh, joy”. Initial reactions were negative all the way.

Someone even said….

(Wow. Strong feelings there.)

Until this – the first of its kind 280 character tweet, posted by co-founder of Twitter himself, Jack Dorsey.

Swell, right? Guess again.

A copy editor put his skills to good use and slashed the 280 character tweet down to 179.

https://twitter.com/brianrbarone/status/912788388150960130

Twitter users couldn’t be more pleased:

But then, there’s this:

And a request

She did one better

Plus we can’t help but wonder

Back to the matter

Stay 140, people. ?

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