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I think that nowdays the 140 char restriction is for keeping Twitter clean and readable, making it harder on the writer and easier on the reader - links are not
by fizz972 16y ago
I think that nowdays the 140 char restriction is for keeping Twitter clean and readable, making it harder on the writer and easier on the reader - links are not hard to read and therefore there is no reason to restrict their length.
Also, users who actually use Twitter via SMS would probably not be capable of viewing the link anyhow so it could just say "(+lnk)" or something.
- steveklabnik 16y agoI used to manually type bit.ly links in from a tweet via SMS all the time. I didn't have a smartphone until a few weeks ago, and it was easier than opening twitter, typing in my password, finding the person's tweet, and clicking on it.
- fizz972 16y agoAnother possible solution - having the URL shortened by Twitter when sending to SMS users.
- steveklabnik 16y agoIt's true. Overall, I feel like Twitter is better this way. Constraints force you to be creative.
- babar 16y agoHow much of that is because of how terrible twitter's visibility into older tweets and search functionality is?
- steveklabnik 16y agoNot that much. Typing basically 8 characters is easier than navigating, but I am one of those vim guys...