14 ms·The limit is 140 octets. That can mean 160 7-bit characters, 140 8-bit (1 byte) characters, etc.by omouse 18y agoThe limit is 140 octets. That can mean 160 7-bit characters, 140 8-bit (1 byte) characters, etc.axod 18y ago70 Unicode16 chars :) I wonder what twitter does about unicode here...gaius 18y agoUTF is variable width; it'll use 8 bits/char if it can, and only use 16 bits if it has to.