Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Twitter mentions and has left no longer participate in character limit – NU.nl

That makes the micro-blogging service announced on Tuesday. Twitter suggested the limit of 140 characters at the start of service, because that is the limit of one text message. That way, users could post tweets via SMS.

But nowadays, Twitter much more. This allows users recently polls, GIF’jes and Periscope streams add to tweets. Thus users are increasingly came into contact with the character limit.



Mentions

Mentions and attachments so soon no longer count against the character limit. Also allows Twitter users to retweet themselves and to quote their own tweets.

Another change is that users now no point having to put more of an at sign if they want ment ions someone, but also want the rest of their timeline will see the tweet.

Tweets that begin with a mention appearing in the sequel to all followers. The changes will be rolled out over the coming months.



Simpler

Twitter in recent years has difficulty attracting new users. The adjustments to the service Twitter should therefore make especially attractive to new Twitterers. “There were some things that were too complicated for new users,” said Bruce Daisley, sales head of Twitter Europe.

Daisley further stresses that the limit of 140 characters for the time being maintained. Users hold according to the company just very brevity and speed of Twitter, and Twitter which aspects would therefore emphasize continue

By:. NU.nl

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