Should Twitter Extend the 140 Character Limit?

Re:Should Twitter Extend the 140 Character Limit? by saintfiends on Sunday May 08, 2011 @09:39AM (#2525847)

I think it should have a maximum length for the links in tweet, but not count them in length of tweet.

*Maximum length for the links so that users don't abuse it.

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Re:Should Twitter Extend the 140 Character Limit? by jensnockert on Sunday May 08, 2011 @10:15AM (#2525892)

I agree, not being forced to use URL-shorteners would be wonderful.

I think 140 characters is a bit short for English, but I do not think that 280 characters would give us better content in the long run either.

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Re:Should Twitter Extend the 140 Character Limit? by ujjvala on Sunday May 08, 2011 @09:59AM (#2525869)

There is not even a decent link shortener in twitter.com

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Re:Should Twitter Extend the 140 Character Limit? by JoshTriplett on Sunday May 08, 2011 @10:15AM (#2525893)

What makes t.co non-decent?

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Re:Should Twitter Extend the 140 Character Limit? by DuqE on Sunday May 08, 2011 @10:22AM (#2525906)

I think what he meant, is twitter does not have an embedded link shorterner on the site but only if content is submitted via external links. Like HootSuite when submitting to FB or Twitter you can shorten a link while submitting the content. That would be a very welcomed feature for twitter in the long run.

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Re:Should Twitter Extend the 140 Character Limit? by JoshTriplett on Sunday May 08, 2011 @11:56AM (#2526105)

Ah, I see. Yeah, I agree; I'd like to see t.co better integrated into the normal web UI, not just the link-sharing interface (twitter.com/share?url=...).

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