Twitter users can now send tweets with as many as 280 characters, double the old limit. It follows a successful trial in September .<br /><br />The expanded limit is being rolled out to users in all languages except Chinese, Japanese and Korean – where cramming in tweets is not an issue according to a company spokesperson.<br /><br />The 140-character limit is a relic of a previous technological era when it was the maximum that could fit in mobile text messages.<br /><br />Users are now just waiting to see how the world’s most famous Tweeter, President Donald Trump, will use the extra space. <br /><br />I don't need 280 characters for you guys to see how witty I am, so I'll just double-write everything I tweet for the foreseeable future. <br /><br />I don't need 280 characters for you guys to see how witty I am, so I'll just double-write everything I tweet for the foreseeable future.— Kenny Ocker (@KennyOcker) November 7, 2017<br /><br />With double the characters does that double the chance for Trump’s Tweets to kill us all?<br /> #280Characters pic.twitter.com/5o2M6y6XBj— Cameron Grant (@coolcam101) November 7, 2017<br />
