Twitter will eventually increase its character limit from 280 to 4,000, the company’s new CEO, Elon Musk, confirmed on Twitter.
In response to a question about whether the rumors that Twitter would increase the character limit to 4,000 were true, Musk replied “Yes”, without providing any additional information. Twitter initially had a character limit of 140 before being increased to 280 in 2017.
The exact details of the increased character limit are not yet known, but previous reports and tweets from Musk have suggested that Twitter may allow users to more easily split long strings of text into multiple tweets that are part of a thread. It seems that an increase to 4,000 characters would eliminate this idea, and users could simply post longer blocks of text in single posts.
Twitter announced this weekend its intention to relaunch its Twitter Blue subscription service on Monday, which will give users a blue verified tick and other benefits like the ability to edit tweets and download higher-resolution 1080p videos. Twitter Blue will be relaunched with a higher price of $11/month for iPhone users after Musk criticized Apple’s 30% commission from in-app purchases.
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