Revolution on Twitter. Entries will be 10 thousand. characters? – Gazeta.pl

The great changes in the media wrote on Twitter for a few days. So far only rumors were not supported by the official position of any of the creators of the site. Now voice took on the executive director of Twitter, Jack Dorsey.

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posted on Twitter entry, which is illustrated graphic containing 1,325 characters, Dorsey reminded everyone that the creators of the site have never assumed to limit the number of characters in the entries to 140. They were compelled to do so with Due to technological limitations related to the character limit in SMS. Initially, it was SMSs were the most popular form of “peeps on Twitter.”

In his entry Dorsey also stressed that his company will not shy away from increasing the “power and utility” Twitter, if in the future arises needed.

“If we decide to make changes, this advance will notify developers to be able to prepare for,” – said Dorsey.

10 characters plunge Twitter?

A suggestive posting Executive Director Twitter is a reaction to reports of service re / code which suggested that service users will soon be able to create entries that contain even 10 thousand characters. This would increase the character limit until siedemdziesięciokrotnie. The article suggests that changes have occurred in the first quarter of this year.

There is no doubt that the introduction of such a revolution would arouse controversy among users who have grown accustomed to the brevity of Twitter. 140 characters has become the hallmark of American service. Increasing their number to 10 thousand Twitter would deprive his unique and peculiar color. And this in turn would mean inescapable outflow of users.

On the other hand, hardly surprising that the creators of the site looking for new ways for its further market expansion. At this point it is worth recalling that his nearly 10-year history Twitter never achieved profitability. Service did not help even quite successful debut on the New York Stock Exchange in 2013.

Source: Re / code; Twitter