’06: Twitter debuts w/140-char limit
The history of Twitter messing with its character count, in under 280 characters
Longer tweets were always coming. Eventually.
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Aja Romano wrote about pop culture, media, and ethics. Before joining Vox in 2016, they were a staff reporter at the Daily Dot. A 2019 fellow of the National Critics Institute, they’re considered an authority on fandom, the internet, and the culture wars.
’06–’11: You can lengthen tweets, but why tho
’12–’15: Tweets are longer! Psych. Then sometimes 117 chars. Then 140 again. DM limit gone; tweets next?
NOW: Freak out or nah?
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