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Makes a lot more sense to just "fix" what they've already got -- stop counting @ mentions, hashtags, and URLs as characters. If URLs didn't count, that'd mean
by Wingman4l7 11y ago
Makes a lot more sense to just "fix" what they've already got -- stop counting @ mentions, hashtags, and URLs as characters. If URLs didn't count, that'd mean the death of URL shorteners, which would mean no more link rot.
- gregmac 11y agoYeah, I'd like to see this ... so long as they #limitTheNumber of #hashtags and @mentions you use #so #you #cant #cheatthesystem.
- Wingman4l7 11y agoPeople will always try to cheat, they're doing it now with [continued 1/2] -style tweet-chaining. Counting @ mentions means that any reply is immediately handicapped (although, for a broadcasting-style platform, maybe that was the whole point).