This week Twitter announced a handful of accounts would be allowed to expand their tweets from 140 characters to 280 (a larger rollout is expected in the coming months). Among that lucky group was us, and we used our new powers to tweet this:
Rick Carl Judith Lori Shane Carol Daryl Morales Glenn Andrea Merle T-Dog Dale Sophia Maggie Beth Hershel Michonne Sasha Tyreese Bob Lizzie Mika Eugene Rosita Gabriel Abraham Noah Aaron Enid Heath Spencer Olivia Denise Deanna Ron Jessie Sam Gregory Dwight Simon Negan Ezekiel Jerry
— The Walking Dead (@TheWalkingDead) September 27, 2017
Although we can’t tweet 280 literal Walking Dead characters, we’re still excited about the possibilities. However, some users were unhappy about the change…
literally my only talent was being able to think of tweets exactly 140 characters long. i don't know if I will be able to alter this to 280.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 26, 2017
twitter users: let us edit tweets
twitter: we made everything round
users: edit button
twitter: everyone is allowed to be twice as annoying— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) September 26, 2017
280 characters? What is this, Nicole Kidman's speech at the 2017 Emmy Awards?
— Jackson McHenry (@McHenryJD) September 26, 2017
…others are thrilled with their new potential. Here are the best 280 character-tweets we came across:
This is amazing. I got 280 characters. But I’m gonna still keep it to 140 for a while, to be fair to everyone else.
— John Mayer (@JohnMayer) September 27, 2017
Hey guys! I feel SO sorry for those of you who have to abbreviate tweets because you only have 140 characters. Soooooooo lame! Anyway, what's everyone doing today? I'm just type-type-typing away! SO many characters! Talk to you soon. #blessed #280characters #abcdefg
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) September 27, 2017
Twitter just gave me 280 characters.
Big mistake.
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AND— NoahJ456 (@NoahJ456) September 28, 2017
Daenerys of the House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, The Unburnt, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Queen of Meereen, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Protector of the Realm, Lady Regnant of the Seven Kingdoms, Breaker of Chains and Mother of Dragons.
— Fey (@feytastic) September 27, 2017
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
— Verne Troyer (@VerneTroyer) September 27, 2017
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Bears.Thanks, @Twitter.
— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) September 27, 2017
DROWN in my FILTH you wretches
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I’m so excited to be part of @Twitter’s #280characters rollout. Let me just say it’s an honor and a privilege. I’d like to thank my wonderf
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) September 27, 2017
Hello world, this is a large Tweet. This tweet has 280 characters instead of the regular and boring 140, and it's going to change everything. One more thing: you can do this yourself with a userscript in Chrome, it's really simple to do 🙂
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) September 27, 2017
This account has been asked to test Twitter's new 280 character limit, but as a 100-year-old brand, we believe our fans most enjoy traditional tweets with brevity, so we declined. We hope to continue to provide a fun, positive place to discuss MoonPies moving forward. Thank you.
— MoonPie (@MoonPie) September 27, 2017
The graph that will change Twitter. The most impactful data science happens by asking the right questions and giving clear and compelling answers, fancy methods are often a distraction! https://t.co/Q9U97IsSVR pic.twitter.com/GiTwBueNYu
— Venu Satuluri (@venusatuluri) September 26, 2017
Smh people said Twitter would turn into a diary with this 280 character limit. For starters, I ate Taco Bell this morning. Is that weird? It was at 5 AM. 12 hours ago. That's like 720 min. The concept of time is nuts. Oh cool I have 61 characters left. 26 now. 18 now. 10 now. 4 n
— Joel Franco (@OfficialJoelF) September 28, 2017
This is a small change, but a big move for us. 140 was an arbitrary choice based on the 160 character SMS limit. Proud of how thoughtful the team has been in solving a real problem people have when trying to tweet. And at the same time maintaining our brevity, speed, and essence! https://t.co/TuHj51MsTu
— jack (@jack) September 26, 2017
139 characters pic.twitter.com/WkfdXL8oLh
— Caitlin Kelly (@caitlin__kelly) September 26, 2017
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┻┳|— Mariners (@Mariners) September 27, 2017
How many facts fit in 280?
99% of the microbes inside us are unknown to science.
Shirley Temple always had exactly 56 curls in her hair.
Will Ferrell was a mall Santa before he became famous.
Viagra can make your pee turn blue.
You can swim in pools of beer in Austria.— What The F*** Facts (@WhatTheFFacts) September 28, 2017
Super excited about the move to 280 characters!
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CONFIDENTIALITY. This tweet is intended only for the use of the recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient any dissemination of this tweet is prohibited. If you received this in error notify the sender immediately.— Ken Norton (@kennethn) September 27, 2017
First of all, Papa Smurf didn't create Smurfette. Gargamel did. She was sent in as Gargamel's evil spy with the intention of destroying the Smurf village but the overwhelming goodness of the Smurf way of life transformed her. And as for the whole gang-bang scenario,
— ThatCoffeeBrat (@ThatCoffeeBrat) September 27, 2017
Just because we have 280 characters, doesn't mean we're going to use them.
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Ok, we lied.— E4 (@E4Tweets) September 28, 2017
Guys, I’m sorry. I lied to you. I don’t have 280 characters. I got all caught up in the excitement, and I guess I just wanted you to like m
— John Mayer (@JohnMayer) September 27, 2017
It’s OK John Mayer, we forgive you. So, what would YOU do with 280 characters? Tell us in the comments!
