Re:Why Is Swift's String API So Hard?
by mikeash on Friday November 06, 2015 @11:26AM
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It was true. Twitter heavily emphasized SMS back when it was new.
The 140-thingy limit hasn't been about SMS for a while now, and has just transitioned into a weird artificial limitation that's become part of what Twitter is. But that is how it started out.
The 140-thingy limit hasn't been about SMS for a while now, and has just transitioned into a weird artificial limitation that's become part of what Twitter is. But that is how it started out.