Twitter's 140 Character Limit History, Impact & Future
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5. Promoting a brand.
Raising money for social causes.
Breaking news
Following favourite celebrities.
OR Simply
CHANGING THE WORLD.
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7. WHY A TWEET CONTAINS ONLY
140 CHARACTERS?
The reason is so that when tweets were sent
via SMS, messages wouldn't be split.
SMS messages are 160 characters and they
wanted to leave 20 chars for the username.
It was really SMS that inspired the particular
constraint of 140 characters.
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14. GLOBAL IMPACTS SINCE
INCEPTION
Awareness to issues such as politics, natural
disaster response and protests.
Sense of direct connection with favourite
celebrities.
Enable its users to communicate more freely.
Allows its users to really feel part of a
community, a network of companions with
similar tastes and interests.
16. HOW DOES TWITTER DIFFER
FROM OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA
Ease of use.
Use of promoted tweets and promoted
trends.
Sense of community among members.
Real time content.
Faster.