Twitter Increases Character Limit for Tweets to 25,000 for Paid Users – Elon Musk’s Impact on the Platform
Twitter Increases Character Count for Paid Users to 25,000
Since Elon Musk has taken over Twitter, the platform has been expanding the limits of content you can post through one tweet. In its latest move, the company has increased the character count for a tweet to 25,000 for paid users.
The company made the change to its Twitter Blue page today indicating the limit. An engineer at Twitter, Prachi Poddar, also announced the change by posting a long tweet last week.
In February, Twitter increased the limit to 4,000 characters, later extending it to 10,000 characters in April. At that time, the company also introduced support for text formatting features like bold and italic.
Under previous management, the company made one change from going to 140 characters to 280 characters in the last decade. And for that step, it faced pushback from users.
Apart from increasing the character limit for tweets, the social media company has also allowed Twitter Blue subscribers to upload longer videos. Last December, Twitter started to allow paid users to upload 60-minute-long videos in 1080p. Last month, it increased this limit to two-hour videos. Music publishers sued Twitter for failing to stop the usage of unlicensed music on the platform — in the case filing, the plaintiffs made a note of the video expansion feature.
With the new character limit expansion, users can probably post long-form articles or short stories altogether. Musk is making sure that you don’t run out of words while doing that. In comparison to Twitter, rival platforms like Mastodon (500 characters) and Bluesky (300 characters) have much lower limits per post. And it’s true that these long posts can be tedious to read on the platform. Maybe Twitter could think about improving the reading experience for users next.
: Twitter Increases Character Limit for Paid Users
Twitter, under the leadership of Elon Musk, continues to push the boundaries of content on its platform. The newest development allows paid users to post tweets with a character count of up to 25,000. This expansion comes after previous increases from 140 to 280 characters and later to 10,000 characters.
Prachi Poddar, an engineer at Twitter, confirmed the change through a tweet and the company’s Twitter Blue page was updated to reflect the new limit.
Encouraging : Longer Tweets and Videos
The increased character limit opens up opportunities for users to share long-form articles and short stories. Twitter has also made other enhancements for its paid subscribers. In addition to longer tweets, Twitter Blue users can upload longer videos, with the limit being extended from 60 minutes to two hours. However, this move has not been without controversy as Twitter faced a lawsuit from music publishers for their failure to prevent the use of unlicensed music in videos.
: Challenges and Future Improvements
While the expanded character limit brings new possibilities to the platform, it also poses challenges. Longer posts can be tedious to read, especially considering the fast-paced nature of Twitter. Rival platforms such as Mastodon and Bluesky have lower character limits per post, suggesting that Twitter may need to consider ways to improve the reading experience for its users.
