Re:Also Out at Twitter: Engineering Head Roetter (and More t...
by frostmatthew on Sunday January 24, 2016 @06:37PM
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> Longer tweets? That'll certainly change the culture drastically, but not necessarily for the better.
Charging for longer tweets (either a flat amount or per char over 140) may be a good source of additional revenue. The majority of "normal" users wouldn't take advantage it, but many businesses probably would.
This would have the advantage of removing the char limit when people want to (enough to pay for it) but without drastically changing the culture since the majority of tweets would presumably still be under 140.
Charging for longer tweets (either a flat amount or per char over 140) may be a good source of additional revenue. The majority of "normal" users wouldn't take advantage it, but many businesses probably would.
This would have the advantage of removing the char limit when people want to (enough to pay for it) but without drastically changing the culture since the majority of tweets would presumably still be under 140.