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People don't care about the limit on text messages because the input method for most phones is slow, which forces them to be concise. Twitter doesn't generally
by Xichekolas 18y ago
People don't care about the limit on text messages because the input method for most phones is slow, which forces them to be concise.
Twitter doesn't generally have the same input speed limitations, so an artificial limit serves to prevent information overload.
Of course, many smart phones have full keyboards now, and people are starting to use other things than SMS from their phones.