Twitter Experiments With 280 Character Tweets! See Why Chrissy Teigen & A Lot Of Other Tweeters Are NOT Here For It!

Twitter dropped a surprise announcement on Tuesday that once again, it's considering doing away with the 140 character limit.

This time instead of threatening users with unlimited Donald Trump tirades, the social media giant is simply doubling up from 140 to 280.

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It's only an experiment for now, "available to a small group" of tweeters at first, but the change could well go universal.

For the most part, the reaction is NOT positive!

For some it ruins the charm, for some it means more detailed harassment and threats, for Chrissy Teigen it's... well, let her and all the other unhappy users tell you themselves:

literally my only talent was being able to think of tweets exactly 140 characters long. i don't know if I will be able to alter this to 280.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 26, 2017

for the record, that was 140 characters.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 26, 2017

Instead of working on ridding the Nazis & bots from their platform, Twitter is allowing 280 characters. WTF
— George Soros (?) (@williamlegate) September 26, 2017

Oh cool, 280 character death threats instead of 140.
— Melissa Stetten (@MelissaStetten) September 26, 2017

users: I’m being harassed

jack: uh huh

users: by nazis

jack:..

users: can you do something

jack: what if we gave them 280 characters
— ☕netw3rk (@netw3rk) September 26, 2017

In case anyone is wondering why 280 characters is a bad idea, it's because THE TWEET IS NOW TOO LONG TO FIT ON TWITTER pic.twitter.com/WaUOMLAYiQ
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) September 26, 2017

Much like #GameOfThrones, Twitter doesn't need 280 characters
— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) September 26, 2017

280 characters. pic.twitter.com/2wTwadYVIT
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) September 26, 2017

A small group can now tweet 280 characters instead of 140. Let's hope Trump is NOT a member of this small group. https://t.co/MNlhXFOSUW
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) September 26, 2017

TBH I'm just hoping nobody tells Trump about the 280 characters.
— Ella Cerón (@ellaceron) September 26, 2017

only three Republicans need to come out against the 280 character limit proposal to effectively kill it in the Senate
— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) September 26, 2017

Us: Ban the Nazis, take harassment seriously & stop that cheddar demon from declaring war on ur app
Twitter: ...so you want 280 characters?
— Kendra W✨ (@kendrawcandraw) September 26, 2017

Hi @jack - blogs already exist; no reason to go to 280 characters. If something can't be fit into 140, it merely shows the writer's lack of
— Razor (@hale_razor) September 26, 2017

The 280-character limit is a terrible idea. The whole beauty of Twitter is that it forces you to express your ideas concisely (1/47)
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) September 26, 2017

280 character limit Twitter pic.twitter.com/HwyH4LGFLd
— David Wright (@DavidWright_CNN) September 26, 2017

twitter all we want is to be able to edit tweets and flag assholes for abuse

no one asked for 280 characters what the nonsense is this
— Jared Rizzi (@JaredRizzi) September 26, 2017

Me trying to read through the threads on my timeline once they expand the character limit to 280 pic.twitter.com/MV84wGD70l
— Jor-El (@CylentHill) September 26, 2017

"Twitter will allow you to use 280 characters" pic.twitter.com/MMpyD0DFRY
— Kenji 🐳 (@kenjoca) September 26, 2017

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