Twitter now allows you to tweet to 280 characters

SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter Inc announced that it would allow 280-character tweets to users across the world.

The platform which is known for its iconic 140-character tweets, originally wanted only a few accounts to test the longer feature.

However, Twitter said it ran a test on 280-character tweets in September that showed users spent less time editing their tweets. Which meant that users were less likely to abandon their tweets.

User posting in languages including Japanese, Korean and Chinese, which do not face the issue of “cramming”, will continue to have a limit of 140 characters, Twitter said.

The company did not say when it would start allowing users to post 280-character tweets.

Here are how a few users reacted to the news:

But we need edit button #280Characters

— Zama M💫 (@ZamaMbuthuma) November 8, 2017

As a language teacher I feel positively about the #280characters because people don't read nowadays, they lose time on social media. So thank you twitter for promoting the good reading habit 😄

— 🌹 (@iam_z_) November 8, 2017

So let me get this straight, humans:

Twitter gave people 280 characters so folks that have nothing to say have more characters to say it with?

I need a nap... #280characters pic.twitter.com/CMhXXL0nGT

— "Mad Cat" Cattis (@GeneralCattis) November 8, 2017

Donald Trump now has #280characters but he still doesn't have 280 brain cells.

— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) November 8, 2017

I will tell my Children how I witnessed the Facebooknisation of Twitter. #280characters

— FAVOUR ONYEOZIRI (@Rouvafe) November 8, 2017

But we need edit button #280Characters

— Zama M💫 (@ZamaMbuthuma) November 8, 2017

Twitter doesn't actually want us to use #280characters.