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> What was its purpose and why is it long past it? To allow people to use Twitter over SMS. SMS are 160 characters, so a 140 character tweet leaves room for a
by chimeracoder 11y ago
> What was its purpose and why is it long past it?
To allow people to use Twitter over SMS. SMS are 160 characters, so a 140 character tweet leaves room for a 20 character header to allow for metadata and actions.
You can still use Twitter this way, which is why (as of relatively recently) you couldn't post a tweet that began with the word "Get", even from the web interface.