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Showing posts with label why 140 characters?. Show all posts
Showing posts with label why 140 characters?. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Why 140 characters?

Why 140 characters?

SMS (i.e., texting on your phone) limits each message to 160 characters. Twitter takes that limit and reserves 20 characters for your username, leaving you 140 characters to play with. That’s how it started and we’ve stuck with it!