Twitter Might Ditch The 140-Character Limit: What This Means for Marketers

There’s a lot that separates Twitter from other social networks. Its open nature, which allows anyone to follow anyone else. Its real-time display of tweets, which lends itself to live events and breaking news. But arguably, the most defining feature of Twitter is its 140-character limit – and this might be going away.

The blogs have been going wild this week as news broke about Twitter considering dropping the 140-character length restriction. The original report claims that Twitter might release a new product that would “…enable Twitter users to publish long-form content to the service.”

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