Twitter increased its character limit to 280 from 140 on Wednesday. And while this might save you the extra time trying to find that one character to erase to make your tweet fit, many people were not entirely pleased.
Some wanted the good old, non-verbose Twitter back. Others thought that it would just give more space to trolls online, as more length does not certainly more increased clarity of thought and detail.
Some of the best reactions, however, came in the form of witty jokes and memes.
I’m so excited to be part of @Twitter’s #280characters rollout. Let me just say it’s an honor and a privilege. I’d like to thank my wonderf
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) September 27, 2017
Twitter Introducing #280characters limits for a tweet. pic.twitter.com/wlh3nxiPzC
— Rahul Prajapati (@RahulReply) September 27, 2017
old twitter vs new twitter in a nutshell pic.twitter.com/YryKtzDGLs
— Seth Fiegerman (@sfiegerman) September 26, 2017
I thought that the problem with Twitter these days is that it lacks depth.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) September 27, 2017
They obviously think that it’s length.#280characters
Mom: Wow, our baby is carrying a knife, that seems unsafe.
— Bindas Ladki (@bindasladki) September 27, 2017
Dad: What should we do?
Mom: Double the size of the knife.#280characters
With #280characters More Facebook Novel writers Will move to Twitter.
— Laz (@Lazooj) September 27, 2017
No need of #280characters please. If you want to write eassy, go to Facebook or blogger. Short is classy and beauty of Twitter.
— Ganesh Shelke (@ganeshshelke272) September 27, 2017
Trolls: Libtard, sanghi, chaddi, presstitute, commie, @#$%^&*, congie...oh shoot I've run out of space
— Rituparna Chatterjee (@MasalaBai) September 27, 2017
Twitter: Hold my beer #280characters
Pic 1- 140 characters
— Perfect Errorist (@TheNitishaDixit) September 27, 2017
Pic 2- #280characters#FavoriteActor pic.twitter.com/r7PNXiKu16
Can't believe Twitter increased Tweet limit to #280Characters just to allow Shankar Mahadevan to write 'Koi jo mila to mujhe' in one tweet.
— Bhaad me Jaa.. (@iAbhishek_J) September 27, 2017
Now - Twitter
— Kunal (@kunalstark1) September 27, 2017
After Update - Tumblr with Pahlaj Effect xD#280characters
twitter from now on #280characters pic.twitter.com/tZtjL18gnG
— soutrik (@soupykaur) September 27, 2017
#280Characters? I already don’t wanna read half of what I read on here. Now I gotta read twice as much as of it?
— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) September 26, 2017
Twitter: Users want to be able to edit tweets
— Dom Stirling (@domstirling12) September 26, 2017
Inner Twitter: Give them #280characters so they make more typos pic.twitter.com/gfLSF8ZrtL
old twitter: follow back fam
— #ViewsFromTheGrits (@MichellCClark) September 27, 2017
new 280 char twitter: my fellow tweeter of tweets on the twitter, willeth thou follow in return for me followi
old twitter vs new twitter in a nutshell pic.twitter.com/YryKtzDGLs
— Seth Fiegerman (@sfiegerman) September 26, 2017
There were many who said that they would gladly exchange the increased character limit for an Edit button.
Honestly, I'd much rather have a damn edit button. #280characters
— Melissa Quinn Amour (@MelissaAmour72) September 26, 2017
twitter users: let us edit tweets
— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) September 26, 2017
twitter: we made everything round
users: edit button
twitter: everyone is allowed to be twice as annoying
Hey @twitter, you know #280characters can just be two tweets without changing anything, right? How about an edit button though?
— Pablo Elizalde (@EliGP) September 27, 2017
Tweeps: we need an edit button@Twitter : no, u need #280characters so u can make more typos, look stupid then delete pic.twitter.com/ew1950hZvm
— BILLION (@BillionTwiTs) September 27, 2017
Better expression or more verbosity? What do you think about the increased character limit?