Twitter users get creative with new 280-character limit

Users of popular social media network Twitter may have noticed longer than usual tweets lately.

Twitter rolled out its 280-character limit for nearly all of its users on Nov. 8 and netizens have been having a field day.

Television host Gretchen Ho warned users who were just about to check their feeds for the first time since the change.

#280characters…
Get ready for your feed guys 😳😳😳

— Gretchen Ho (@gretchenho) November 8, 2017

Brands are also jumping in on the craze.

MCDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO #280characters

— McDo Philippines (@McDo_PH) November 8, 2017

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— SMART (@LiveSmart) November 8, 2017

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Let's name the zones, the zones?! THE ZONES! Let's name zones of the open seaaaaaaaaaa! Theeeeeeeeeere's eipelagic, mesopelagic, bathyal, and abyssalpelagic, hadipelagic, and all the rest are too deep for you and me to seeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!" #280characters pic.twitter.com/fnu1uI80ac

— Pixar (@Pixar) November 8, 2017

Sports accounts have also joined in on the fun.

Finally! Enough characters to count all of Tom’s wins.
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Hey @Twitter, can we get some more characters?

— New England Patriots (@Patriots) November 8, 2017

This plea from the beleaguered referees of the NBA.

Now that we all have #280Characters, we expect your Twitter complaints about specific calls against your favorite teams to be calm, well-reasoned, and full of complete sentences. Thanks in advance for this positive step forward in basketball officiating-related discourse."

— NBA Referees (@OfficialNBARefs) November 7, 2017

America’s most famous Twitter user, US President Donald Trump, used his first 280-character tweet to describe his activities during his trip to Asia.

Getting ready to make a major speech to the National Assembly here in South Korea, then will be headed to China where I very much look forward to meeting with President Xi who is just off his great political victory.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 8, 2017

Following the update on character limits, some users opted to bring the attention of Twitter to another feature that they felt the social media giant should implement.

#280characters is awesome!
So how about that EDIT BUTTON!
So how about that EDIT BUTTON!
So how about that EDIT BUTTON!
So how about that EDIT BUTTON!
So how about that EDIT BUTTON!
So how about that EDIT BUTTON!
So how about that EDIT BUTTON!
So how about that EDIT BUTTON!

— Cannon Kirk (@jasonmn) November 8, 2017

According to Twitter Product Manager Aliza Rosen, they made the change after studying user data to improve the experience of Twitter users.

“We’ll continue listening and working to make Twitter easier for everyone while making sure we keep what you love,” she said. /je