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A comment on Twitter to Stop Counting Photos and Links in 140-Character Limit. Parent comment

Re:Twitter to Stop Counting Photos and Links in 140-Characte... by nickonline on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @05:16AM (#11712194)
I don't know, if you post a link as well as an image you're losing 24 characters from a 140 character limit. You lose just less than 20% of the characters available. I think a 20% increase is fairly substantial.
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Re:Twitter to Stop Counting Photos and Links in 140-Characte... by wastedhours on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @05:27AM (#11712235)
Especially considering most changes are pandering to brands, and this is a use case that we use a lot. (Whether Twitter is a useful channel aside...) extra space for copy will always go down well with the people paying the bills.
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