For months, there have been rumors that Twitter will raise its 140 character limit—an update users feel would ruin everything that’s great about platform. Today, every Twitter lover’s nightmare came true when it was confirmed that the character limit raise is real and users will soon be able to tweet up to 10,000 characters.
Earlier this afternoon, The Wall Street Journal reported confirmation of the update, citing an anonymous “person familiar with the matter” as its source. Even though not all 10,000 characters will be visible on the feed (you have to click to expand to see anything that excedes the original 140), to no surprise, everyone freaked out. As per usual when something big happens, everyone took to Twitter to express their outrage.
General sentiments include the feeling that this will ruin Twitter.
In unending quest to ruin the product, Twitter execs press ahead w/ 10,000-character limit. https://t.co/P15vuu7C8B pic.twitter.com/wqJCIWeQjt
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) January 5, 2016
Twitter getting rid of the 140 character limit will kill the platform.
— Logan Sama (@djlogansama) January 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/mwatkins32/status/684490521247649792
Even the executive editor and chief content officer of Mashable came out swinging on the subject.
https://twitter.com/lainnafader/status/684417324217188352
A ton of users are threatening to quit Twitter all together.
https://twitter.com/FITCHH_Mascot/status/684490290414116864
https://twitter.com/TheRyfan/status/684489932002332672
The day @twitter goes #beyond140 is the day I will likely quit using the service. It'll be just as bloated as every other social network.
— Brad Murphy (@bradericmurphy) January 5, 2016
[logs on to twitter]
"they're going to change twitter again!"
"it's going to be like facebook!"
"i'm gonna quit!" pic.twitter.com/Jeaq7Cf7oe— man it’s a hot zone, (@Mobute) January 5, 2016
Some have been hiding their outrage behind a sense of humor, and, obviously, GIFS are involved.
https://twitter.com/TheHallWay1/status/684486172266098688
https://twitter.com/mvlgrimace/status/684490294398586880
10,000 character limit on Twitter? pic.twitter.com/9bl4aOYBkl
— Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra (@FubsyShabaroon) January 5, 2016
With the new character limit, Twitter should also change their name to Twumblr™
— Wade (@TheWadest) January 5, 2016
10,000 character limit on Twitter? pic.twitter.com/cum0ayGfQP
— Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra (@FubsyShabaroon) January 5, 2016
Twitter has yet to publicly confirm the update, but the anonymous source says the company will by the end of March.
