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Twitter's new 280 character limit now official

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 8 November 2017

The microblogging platform is a little less micro, doubling the character limit for tweets to 280 characters. FULL STORY >

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Twitter's character limit change could happen on the 19th of September

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 13 September 2016

Announced in May this year, Twitter could finally make its character limit change on 19 September. FULL STORY >

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It's official, usernames and images not part of Twitter character count

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 25 May 2016

n an effort to increase user satisfaction on its social media platform, Twitter will no longer count usernames and images as part of its 140 character limit. FULL STORY >

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Twitter reportedly removing character count for links and images in Tweets

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 17 May 2016

Ever been foiled by Twitter's 14 character limit because of a link or photo? Well, the company could soon stop counting them as part of the character limit for Tweets. FULL STORY >

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Twitter removes 140-character limit from Direct Messages

By Staff Writer 13 August 2015

If you’ve checked your Direct Messages today, you may have noticed that something’s missing - the 140-character limit. FULL STORY >

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