Twitter tweaks replies, giving users more characters
Though the platform’s tweets are still restricted to 140 characters, the usernames of those you respond to are longer applied against your limit.
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On Thursday, Twitter announced that it had changed the ways users reply to one another on Twitter: Instead of counting the “@username” in a tweet’s character limit, replies now accommodate 140 characters’ worth of text, with usernames embedded above the tweet in a thread.
The platform tweeted the change:
We’re changing replies so that you have all 140 characters to express yourself.
Learn more: https://t.co/PNWGilbmVd pic.twitter.com/cxBJohZc2Q
— Twitter (@Twitter) March 30, 2017
In a blog post, Twitter also explained the elements of the new layout:
With this change, we’ve simplified conversations in a few ways:
· Who you are replying to will appear above the Tweet text rather than within the Tweet text itself, so you have more characters to have conversations.
· You can tap on “Replying to…” to easily see and control who’s part of your conversation.
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