Giving you more characters to express yourself

Trying to cram your thoughts into a Tweet – we’ve all been there, and it’s a pain. Interestingly, this isn't a problem everywhere people Tweet. For example, when I (Aliza) Tweet in English, I quickly run into the 140 character limit and have to edit my Tweet down so it fits. Sometimes, I have to remove a word that conveys an important meaning or emotion, or I don’t send my Tweet at all. But when I

[nilab]

"we're going to try out a longer limit, 280 characters, in languages impacted by cramming (which is all except Japanese, Chinese, and Korean)"

[chaosdisorder1967]

希望の党＝自民覆面党＝火蟻党＝赤蟻。

[t1mvverr]

英語は文字数が多いからスラングとか略語を使うのだろうか

[katzchang]

ツイート文字数の統計によるとーという話

[naryk]

そのうち形態素の数とかになりそう

[yohei]

英語ツイートは140文字ギリギリがこんなに多いのか