Twitter Just Changed Its Character Limit And It’s So Extra People Can’t Stop Making Fun Of It

If you haven’t yet heard, Twitter will soon be implementing its biggest change yet: changing the 140 character limit to 280 characters.

https://twitter.com/Twitter/status/912783930431905797

Why?

https://twitter.com/jack/status/912784057863245824

It may seem like just a small difference for some, but let me tell you: this is going to change Twitter forever. For the best? I don’t know. But it all just seems so…extra?

https://twitter.com/jaboukie/status/912794276836237312

https://twitter.com/jaboukie/status/912941241678966785

https://twitter.com/BoJackHorseman/status/912858453017690112

Like, do I really care enough to hear 280 characters worth of information about anyone’s life???

https://twitter.com/BarstoolBigCat/status/912856286928211968

https://twitter.com/DanMentos/status/912884851665117184

Though, to be fair, the new character limit could really change up the game when it comes to how we express ourselves.

https://twitter.com/SortaBad/status/912793402382573568

https://twitter.com/StephenAtHome/status/912857082940084224

https://twitter.com/jonnysun/status/912820283639259136

I’m sure going to miss the brevity, though. The fun of Twitter is that it forced us to be concise — to tell the best story in the shortest way possible. That’s why the jokes that actually worked were such gold.

https://twitter.com/caitlin__kelly/status/912795950476857344

https://twitter.com/poniewozik/status/912787813069934592

https://twitter.com/jientho/status/912794583314128896

Personally, I like this person’s idea.

https://twitter.com/pilotbacon/status/912791847843573761

Only a select number of users have the 280-character limit now to test how people respond to it, but the company hopes to implement it in its entirety soon. Does this mean I have to listen to twice the complaining now????

So what do you think? 140 characters or 280? Does any of this really matter? You tell me.