Comments on: Why changing Twitter’s 140-character limit is a dumb idea http://gigaom.com/2011/07/21/why-changing-twitters-140-character-limit-is-a-dumb-idea/ Sun, 19 May 2013 13:25:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: David Zhang http://gigaom.com/2011/07/21/why-changing-twitters-140-character-limit-is-a-dumb-idea/#comment-722671 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:00:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=380197#comment-722671 Interesting link about Twitter’s 140 character limit: http://t.co/UyUyzkjN

]]> By: -David Akuma Chew http://gigaom.com/2011/07/21/why-changing-twitters-140-character-limit-is-a-dumb-idea/#comment-717265 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:32:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=380197#comment-717265 http://t.co/BG5HaWy8
A good read on the annoying 140 letter limit imposed by twitter

]]> By: The Regular Joe http://gigaom.com/2011/07/21/why-changing-twitters-140-character-limit-is-a-dumb-idea/#comment-641816 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 07:43:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=380197#comment-641816 I tried it and found out I cant write more than 140 characters anymore.
it really make my shopping list short though
@theregjoe

]]> By: TferThomas http://gigaom.com/2011/07/21/why-changing-twitters-140-character-limit-is-a-dumb-idea/#comment-641810 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 06:29:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=380197#comment-641810 Great article and well said. Love twitter for what it is.

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://gigaom.com/2011/07/21/why-changing-twitters-140-character-limit-is-a-dumb-idea/#comment-641780 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 04:37:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=380197#comment-641780 Totally agree, Dan. Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://gigaom.com/2011/07/21/why-changing-twitters-140-character-limit-is-a-dumb-idea/#comment-641779 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 04:36:06 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=380197#comment-641779 I’m not convinced that the length of Google+ posts and the endless comments and the photos and so on make it better, Tim — the jury is still out on that. Thanks for the comment, though.

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://gigaom.com/2011/07/21/why-changing-twitters-140-character-limit-is-a-dumb-idea/#comment-641778 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 04:34:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=380197#comment-641778 Thanks for the comment, Farhad — although, as I mentioned in our discussion on Twitter about this, you haven’t really made a case for why 280 would be any better than 250 or 350 or 450 for that matter. It’s still an arbitrary number. And if you can’t give any better reason than “it will be better because it’s a little longer,” then I don’t see why Twitter should change it.

]]> By: Tim Burden http://gigaom.com/2011/07/21/why-changing-twitters-140-character-limit-is-a-dumb-idea/#comment-641528 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:12:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=380197#comment-641528 Well of course you’re creatively concise. You have to be.

It’s like having a one-string guitar.

Doubt you’ll advance guitar artistry much.

]]> By: John http://gigaom.com/2011/07/21/why-changing-twitters-140-character-limit-is-a-dumb-idea/#comment-641502 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:05:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=380197#comment-641502 Absolutely Anne. If you can’t say something useful, smart, and/or funny in 140 characters then I don’t want to talk with you on Twitter. Write a blog post instead.

]]> By: Barry Hollander http://gigaom.com/2011/07/21/why-changing-twitters-140-character-limit-is-a-dumb-idea/#comment-641477 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:43:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=380197#comment-641477 Research shows that creativity is increased, not decreased, with constraints. Same goes with the 140-character limit. Like the old line: if I had more time, I would have written less.

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