140 Characters, Are They Enough For You?

Discussion in 'Twitter' started by seocrusher, Feb 4, 2013.

  1. #1
    I feel so short to make my content to be read or even clicks. Are 140 characters enough for you?
     
    seocrusher, Feb 4, 2013 IP
  2. Shantay

    Shantay Greenhorn

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    #2
    nope,. the standard is 250 characters mate..
     
    Shantay, Feb 4, 2013 IP
  3. Devtard

    Devtard Notable Member

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    #3
    140 characters are enough. I am actually glad that there is this limit, it makes people write only important information.
     
    Devtard, Feb 4, 2013 IP
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    trap Well-Known Member

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    #4
    It was a such good idea to limit it to 140
     
    trap, Feb 5, 2013 IP
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    #5
    too specific is good
     
    webinteldesign, Feb 8, 2013 IP
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    #6
    I have trouble with character length, bitly helps but 140 is quite restrictive-shame twitters bandwidth limits it.
     
    Eve1980, Feb 8, 2013 IP
  7. MileyR

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    #7
    Absolutely
     
    MileyR, Feb 8, 2013 IP
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    #8
    I like the limit, but i think it should be 140+ hash tags. Sometimes I don't have enough space for my hashtags
     
    Dillon13, Feb 8, 2013 IP
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    #9
    Sometimes are good,but sometimes not so..On the internet there are lot of spammers so it is good that have only 140 characters,but sometimes I just can't give my opinion like I want because of the limit
     
    AndreyShawn, Feb 15, 2013 IP
  10. alasdairsim

    alasdairsim Active Member

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    #10
    Yes, 140 is a good length I feel. It also helps me be more concise when I am writing an article.

    Why use 20 words when 10 will get the point across?
     
    alasdairsim, Feb 15, 2013 IP
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    #11
    160 total would be nice.
     
    Brandon Scott, Feb 17, 2013 IP
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    mokah Active Member

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    #12
    I don't think that this is the right question to be asking. The point of the 140 character limit on tweets is so that you condense your thoughts into a short, easily-readable and digestible sentence or two.

    If you require more, you should consider something else such as a blogpost.

    So to answer your question, yes, I think that 140 characters are enough for me.
     
    mokah, Feb 17, 2013 IP
  13. Montreal Classifieds

    Montreal Classifieds Active Member

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    #13
    I'm used to it already.
    From other hand if I really need to express longer I'm using long tweets free service at
    http://vicconsult.com/twitter-long-tweets/
     
    Montreal Classifieds, Feb 18, 2013 IP
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    #14
    It is good to have limit of 140 characters so people post interesting,direct and not boring stuff.
     
    BusinessMaker, Feb 23, 2013 IP
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    Because sometimes 10 really won't! I've lost count of the number of times my tweets have been misunderstood because I've tried to condense the information into one sentence, I'd personally like to see the character limit a bit higher.
     
    EddieC, Feb 24, 2013 IP
  16. seocrusher

    seocrusher Active Member

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    #16
    How to become 250?
     
    seocrusher, Feb 25, 2013 IP
  17. alasdairsim

    alasdairsim Active Member

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    #17

    Why not spread it over 2 tweets?
     
    alasdairsim, Feb 25, 2013 IP
  18. Montreal Classifieds

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    #18
    Actually with links your tweets effective length is 117.
    The best way is to use long tweet services.
     
    Montreal Classifieds, Feb 25, 2013 IP
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    #19
    I do these days!
     
    EddieC, Feb 26, 2013 IP
  20. alasdairsim

    alasdairsim Active Member

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    #20
    Hemingway wrote a story in 6 words, 31 characters. You can make a point with 140 in Twitter.
     
    alasdairsim, Feb 26, 2013 IP
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