{"id":6419,"date":"2017-09-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/twitter-tests-longer-tweets\/"},"modified":"2017-09-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T00:00:00","slug":"twitter-tests-longer-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/twitter-tests-longer-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Tests Longer Tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"50.009994739611\">\n<!--\n\n<pre>-->  <\/p>\n<div property=\"dc:description\" readability=\"46.611257233035\"><!--paging_filter--><\/p>\n<p>Many <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/property-center-nigeria\/\">real estate<\/a> pros use Twitter to keep in touch with their clients, and those who find the 140-character limit too restrictive may be getting a reprieve\u00a0soon. The social network is now testing doubling the character limit of posts from 140 to 280 in select markets. Twitter execs say the goal is to eliminate the constraints that have kept users from tweeting more frequently.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/realtormag.realtor.org\/sites\/realtormag.realtor.org\/files\/rmo_files\/images\/2017_sept\/Twitter%20image.png\" style=\"width: 531px; height: 297px; margin: 3px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen people don\u2019t have to cram their thoughts into 140 characters and actually have some to spare, we see more people tweeting,\u201d Twitter said in a blog post announcing the longer-tweet test.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter, now 11 years old with 328 million users, has been wrestling with how to change the social media service to attract more users, all while being careful not to alienate existing users who may have developed a fondness for the 140-character limit. Twitter allowed an extension of sorts in its character count last year by allowing users to post photos and GIFs without having those count against their overall character limit. When they suggested they might extend the overall limit beyond 140 characters, die-hard fans criticized the move, which prompted Twitter\u2019s chief executive Jack Dorsey to announce the limit was to stay in place.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, this 280-character test is already seeing some backlash. \u201cWe understand since many of you have been tweeting for years, there may be an emotional attachment to 140 characters,\u201d Twitter said in a statement. \u201cBut we tried this, saw the power of what it will do, and fell in love with this new, still brief, constraint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The test will begin in randomly selected small groups around the world, <em>The New York Times<\/em> reports. The firm will then decide whether to roll out the longer tweets to wider groups for further testing or to all Twitter users at once.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: \u201cTwitter to Test Doubling Tweet Length to 280 Characters,\u201d The New York Times (Sept. 26, 2017)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a hre=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/DailyRealEstateNews\/~3\/Q1WDBZS1BDU\/twitter-tests-longer-tweets\"> Realtors.org <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many real estate pros use Twitter to keep in touch with their clients, and those who &hellip; <a title=\"Twitter Tests Longer Tweets\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/twitter-tests-longer-tweets\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Twitter Tests Longer Tweets<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6420,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[41,818,84,479,15303,15309],"class_list":["post-6419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities-in-new-markets","tag-property","tag-real","tag-real-estate","tag-realtor","tag-twitter","tag-ups"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4794,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/trump-and-hillary-trade-jabs-in-twitter-skirmish\/","url_meta":{"origin":6419,"position":0},"title":"Trump and Hillary trade jabs in Twitter skirmish","author":"Amazing Property","date":"June 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] President Donald Trump has taken a swing on Twitter at one of his favorite punching bags, Democrat Hillary Clinton \u2014 and his former presidential rival has hit back with her own zinger.Trump and Hillary The trouble started Wednesday when Clinton raised questions over whether Trump\u2019s campaign was linked to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Opportunities In New Markets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Opportunities In New Markets","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/category\/opportunities-in-new-markets\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/trump-vs-clinton-e1465391171830.jpg?fit=412%2C269&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8910,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/era-of-super-low-mortgage-rates-is-over\/","url_meta":{"origin":6419,"position":1},"title":"\u2018Era of Super-Low Mortgage Rates Is Over\u2019","author":"Amazing Property","date":"September 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\u2018Era of Super-Low Mortgage Rates Is Over\u2019 | Realtor Magazine \r \r Internet Explorer does not currently support REALTOR\u00ae Magazine search. 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