Twitter reacts on increase to 280 character limit

Twitter has announced on Tuesday that it is testing a new 280-character limit in all languages expect in Japenese, Chinese and Korean. 

Aliza Rosen, the product manager of Twitter, said on her blog, "Interestingly, this isn't a problem everywhere people Tweet. For example, when I (Aliza) Tweet in English, I quickly run into the 140 character limit and have to edit my Tweet down so it fits. Sometimes, I have to remove a word that conveys an important meaning or emotion, or I don’t send my Tweet at all. But when Iku Tweets in Japanese, he doesn’t have the same problem. He finishes sharing his thought and still has room to spare. This is because in languages like Japanese, Korean, and Chinese you can convey about double the amount of information in one character as you can in many other languages, like English, Spanish, Portuguese, or French." 

Jack Dorsey wrote on Twitter referring to the announcement. "140 was an arbitrary choice based on the 160 character SMS limit."

In a tweet, Dorsey said he the new 280-character limit still keep Twitter true to its "essence." "Proud of how thoughtful the team has been in solving a real problem people have when trying to tweet," Dorsey wrote. "And at the same time maintaining our brevity, speed, and essence!", quoted TIME.

However, some Twitter users seemed not to be happy with improvisation which Twitter is only testing.