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I wonder how many systems, within Twitter and third-party API users, were broken by this change. I'm sure the 140 character limit is hardcoded, explicitly or im
by cpeterso 10y ago
I wonder how many systems, within Twitter and third-party API users, were broken by this change. I'm sure the 140 character limit is hardcoded, explicitly or implicitly, for things like buffer sizes or database schemas in tons of software.
- choward 10y agoThey do have a library that helps limit these types of issues: https://github.com/twitter/twitter-text https://github.com/twitter/twitter-text. However, it doesn't appear to be updated.