Elon Musk confirms huge change to Twitter – NZ Herald

Elon Musk. Photo / Herald montage, AP, Getty ImagesElon Musk has announced one of – if not the most – well-known characteristics of Twitter will change next month.One of the biggest changes to the “microblogging” social media platform in its history was when its famous 140 character limit was doubled to 280 characters under former chief executive Jack Dorsey in 2017.Now, Musk has revealed he is going to allow users to tweet a whopping 4000 characters – more than 14 times the current limit – in a matter of weeks.As with most company announcements since the tech tycoon took over the social network in late October, the change was announced in a tweet on Sunday.“Easy swipe right/left to move between recommended vs followed tweets rolls out later this week. First part of a much larger UI overhaul. Bookmark button (de facto silent like) on Tweet details rolls out a week later. Long form tweets early Feb,” he wrote.The brief yet significant announcement was 243 characters, which unsurprisingly led to many questions, including just how long the long-form tweets would be.In December, a user tweeted Musk to ask if it was true that Twitter was set to increase the character limit
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