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US Twitter Blue users can now Tweet up to 4,000 characters

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Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="A close-up image showing the app of the micro blogging service Twitter on an iPhone in Kaarst, Germany, 08 November 2017.EPA-EFE/SASCHA STEINBACH/FILE" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/tvpatrol/02/09/micro-blogging-service.jpg"/><figcaption>A close-up image showing the app of the micro blogging service Twitter on an iPhone in Kaarst, Germany, 08 November 2017. <em>EPA-EFE/SASCHA STEINBACH/FILE</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – The Elon Musk-led micro blogging platform Twitter said on Thursday longer Tweets of up to 4,000 characters are now available to select US subscribers.</p><p>Subscribers of Twitter Blue can now Tweet using as much as 4,000 characters as opposed to the usual 280, Twitter said. </p><p>&quot;Need more than 280 characters to express yourself? We know that lots of you do… and while we love a good thread, sometimes you just want to Tweet everything all at once. We get that. So we&#x27;re introducing longer Tweets,&quot; Twitter said.</p><p>&quot;Starting today, if you’re subscribed to Twitter Blue in the US you can create longer Tweets,&quot; it added.</p><p>Twitter said all standard functions still apply. However, longer Tweets cannot be saved as drafts or scheduled to send later, it added. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">need more than 280 characters to express yourself?<br/><br/>we know that lots of you do… and while we love a good thread, sometimes you just want to Tweet everything all at once. we get that.<br/><br/>so we&#x27;re introducing longer Tweets! you&#x27;re gonna want to check this out. tap this 👉… <a href="https://t.co/lge9udRzLE">https://t.co/lge9udRzLE</a></p>— Twitter Blue (@TwitterBlue) <a href="https://twitter.com/TwitterBlue/status/1623411400545632256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2023</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>To prevent too much scrolling due to longer texts, preview will still be capped at 280 characters followed by a “show more” prompt that users need to click if they want to read more, the platform said.</p><p>Twitter also earlier said it was testing the edit button to subscribers of Twitter Blue. [EDIT BUTTON https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/09/02/22/twitter-is-finally-testing-edit-button]</p><p>Twitter Blue is an opt-in monthly subscription that adds blue checkmark to accounts. Subscription to this allows users to get early access to new features.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/04/06/22/twitter-working-on-edit-button">Twitter working on Edit button</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/31/22/twitter-users-can-now-tweet-to-select-smaller-crowd">Twitter launches Twitter Circle allowing users to Tweet to smaller crowd</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/10/07/22/twitter-lets-users-post-mixed-media-in-single-tweet">Twitter lets users post videos, photos, GIFs in single Tweet</a></li></ul><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1674745" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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US Twitter Blue users can now Tweet up to 4,000 characters

Jessica Fenol,

ABS-CBN News

Published February 09, 2023 09:03 AM PHT

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