{"id":45426,"date":"2023-10-20T15:43:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/twitter-plans-to-relax-its-140-character-limit-why-this-is-good-news-for-startups-and-small-business-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:43:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:43:31","slug":"twitter-plans-to-relax-its-140-character-limit-why-this-is-good-news-for-startups-and-small-business-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/twitter-plans-to-relax-its-140-character-limit-why-this-is-good-news-for-startups-and-small-business-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter plans to relax its 140-character limit: Why this is good news for startups and small business – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Twitter is reportedly planning to relax its notorious 140-character limit in the coming months.<\/p>\n

The updates will see links and photos no longer contributing to Twitter\u2019s character count.<\/p>\n

A person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg<\/em> this change could potentially happen in the next two weeks.<\/p>\n

Links currently take up 23 characters in a tweet because they are automatically reduced via Twitter\u2019s link-shortening system.<\/p>\n

The proposed update could save users those precious characters, allowing for more content in tweets.<\/p>\n

The potential changes come after chief executive Jack Dorsey revealed in January the company was looking at better ways to display tweets.<\/p>\n

A common method to get around the 140-character limit is to post a screenshot of the text instead.<\/p>\n

This change could see Twitter moving towards removing character limits on tweets, something Dorsey has also hinted at.<\/p>\n

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pic.twitter.com\/bc5RwqPcAX<\/p>\n

— Jack (@jack) January 5, 2016<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Twitter\u2019s 140-character limit stems from the early days of the service, when contributors would often send tweets via 160-character-limited SMSs.<\/p>\n

A lot has changed since those days, as Twitter has slowly migrated towards a more efficient way of displaying user content.<\/p>\n

Relaxing Twitter\u2019s character limit would be \u201ca great change\u201d<\/h3>\n

Social media expert Dionne Lew told SmartCompany<\/em> that Twitter potentially changing the way it counts character is good news for small business.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a great change because they\u2019re bending rules but not breaking them,\u201d Lew says.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny more change would take away Twitter\u2019s brevity, and people value that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lew says businesses should put a greater focus on using photos and videos in their tweets, especially these days.<\/p>\n

\u201cBusinesses should really take advantage of visuals, they\u2019re 10 times more engaging than text and people respond to them,\u201d Lew says.<\/p>\n

Twitter\u2019s social and engaged nature is something Lew hopes the service never loses, hoping it doesn\u2019t become \u201cjust another news channel\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwitter is a global brain, it\u2019s the only truly open social media platform we have.\u201d<\/p>\n

A brief timeline of how Twitter has evolved over the years<\/h3>\n
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  • 2011:<\/strong> Twitter gets a new site design in a bid to look more like Facebook.<\/li>\n
  • March 2012:<\/strong> Twitter celebrates its sixth birthday, revealing it has 140 million users.<\/li>\n
  • Late 2012:<\/strong> The company acquires short video sharing service Vine, which it later integrates into the Twitter platform.<\/li>\n
  • November 2013:<\/strong> Twitter lists on the New York Stock Exchange, issuing 70 million shares valued at $US26 a pop.<\/li>\n
  • 2014:<\/strong> Twitter changes its reply system by showing replies under tweets to make it easier to follow conversations.<\/li>\n
  • 2015:<\/strong> Co-founder Jack Dorsey returns to the helm as the company\u2019s chief executive amid poor financial results.<\/li>\n
  • February 2016:<\/strong> Twitter\u2019s algorithmic timeline is rolled out amidst widespread controversy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    This article was first published on SmartCompany.<\/em><\/p>\n

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