SMS has a 160 character limit.
Twitter started in 2006 when smartphones weren't the norm. Feature phones were the norm and Twitter had (and probably still has) a feature to tweet via SMS.
I read somewhere that a 20 character limit was for a short code for the SMS app used to send the tweet. I can't find a source for this. Thus, a (160 - 20 =) 140 character limit was set for the tweet.
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The reason is so that when tweets were sent via SMS, messages wouldn't be split. SMS messages are 160 characters and they wanted to leave 20 chars for the username.
From an interview with Twitter creator Jack Dorsey:
- http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/02/twitter-creator.html
It was really SMS that inspired the further direction -- the particular constraint of 140 characters was kind of borrowed. You have a natural constraint with the couriers when you update your location or with IM when you update your status. But SMS allowed this other constraint, where most basic phones are limi
The reason is so that when tweets were sent via SMS, messages wouldn't be split. SMS messages are 160 characters and they wanted to leave 20 chars for the username.
From an interview with Twitter creator Jack Dorsey:
- http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/02/twitter-creator.html
It was really SMS that inspired the further direction -- the particular constraint of 140 characters was kind of borrowed. You have a natural constraint with the couriers when you update your location or with IM when you update your status. But SMS allowed this other constraint, where most basic phones are limited to 160 characters before they split the messages. So in order to minimize the hassle and thinking around receiving a message, we wanted to make sure that we were not splitting any messages. So we took 20 characters for the user name, and left 140 for the content. That’s where it all came from.
Twitter originally limited message length to 140 characters primarily due to the constraints of SMS (Short Message Service) technology. When Twitter was created in 2006, many users accessed the platform via mobile phones, and SMS messages were limited to 160 characters. To allow for user handles (which could take up to 20 characters), Twitter set the limit to 140 characters for tweets.
This character limit also encouraged brevity and clarity in communication, leading to a distinctive style of conversation that became a hallmark of the platform. Over the years, Twitter has experimented with diff
Twitter originally limited message length to 140 characters primarily due to the constraints of SMS (Short Message Service) technology. When Twitter was created in 2006, many users accessed the platform via mobile phones, and SMS messages were limited to 160 characters. To allow for user handles (which could take up to 20 characters), Twitter set the limit to 140 characters for tweets.
This character limit also encouraged brevity and clarity in communication, leading to a distinctive style of conversation that became a hallmark of the platform. Over the years, Twitter has experimented with different limits and in 2017, the character limit was increased to 280 characters for most languages, though the concise nature of tweets remains a core aspect of the platform's identity.
A huge attraction towards Twitter in the early days was its ability to be accessed from mobile phones. Ev and Jack decided to match it up with SMS, and since SMS has a standard word limit of 160 characters, they limited the length to 140c and remaining 20 for sender's name.
This way every time someone access the tweet from phone, to him/her it'll appear as a single message and not as part messages. And this tradition continues till date..
Hope this answers your question :)
Originally, it was 140, because 140 would fit inside an ordinary telephone text message. All sorts of tricks were used to keep from exceeding the limit. Finally, they went to 280, which is exactly twice 140, suggesting that 280 was the easiest number they could shoehorn into their existing infrastructure. Images are much larger, bandwidth-wise, so they accept them as uploads and give them a shortened URL, so they might take up the equivalent of 20 characters or less.
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According to this site: How Twitter Was Born is is related to the text messages.
"Messages longer than 160 characters (the common SMS carrier limit) were split into multiple texts and delivered (somewhat) sequentially. There were other bugs, and a mounting SMS bill. The team decided to place a limit on the number of characters that would go out via SMS for each post. They settled on 140, in order to leave room for the username and the colon in front of the message."
Actually Twitter now has 280 characters per tweet.
That was changed back in November 2017.
The count no longer includes a persons username as it did prior as well.
The initial limit was 140 chars, which was supposed to be less than the SMS text message limit of 160 chars. They doubled the length to 280 chars at some point to make it more user-friendly but the idea is still have short messages in Twitter.
Twitter itself actually has an answer in its FAQ page.
They wanted it short and sweet. 160 character is standard message. 20 chars reserved for people's names and rest for tweets.
There is a principle in Kabbalah that while the deeper intentions were not conscious at the time, since the number 140 was chosen, we can now analyze based on the result.
In Kabbalah, Wisdom and Understanding are referred to as the Father and the Mother. Their union is called the higher union. The higher union is constant and therefore these two sefirot (channels of Divine emanation) are referred to in the Zohar as “two companions that never separate.”
Numerically, the sum of Wisdom (73 = חָכְמָה ) and Understanding ( 67 = בִּינָה ) is 140.
The number 140 then signifies the intellectual power t
There is a principle in Kabbalah that while the deeper intentions were not conscious at the time, since the number 140 was chosen, we can now analyze based on the result.
In Kabbalah, Wisdom and Understanding are referred to as the Father and the Mother. Their union is called the higher union. The higher union is constant and therefore these two sefirot (channels of Divine emanation) are referred to in the Zohar as “two companions that never separate.”
Numerically, the sum of Wisdom (73 = חָכְמָה ) and Understanding ( 67 = בִּינָה ) is 140.
The number 140 then signifies the intellectual power to balance between initially perceiving an idea, and the ability to clearly explain and elucidate it. The potential for communication begins at 140 (the union of Wisdom and Understanding) but the process first expands when Knowledge (דעת ) is developed.
While Tweets are a good starting point, the conversation should continue with blog posts, articles, books, etc… Knowledge expands when the story around the idea is developed. Most good books start off with one initial idea (perhaps 140 characters or less)—then the rest is commentary.
perhaps this is very interesting question which needs to be answered. another question which is needed to be answered now is why to give up the limit now.
all the question has been answered here.
140 Character : No More Limit
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In this age of technology, everything is moving toward the Internet. Reading newspapers has turned to blogging, and blogging has turned to microblogging. And one of the most famous microblogging websites is Twitter as a form of social networking. When a person blogs, they can insert visible pictures and videos and they can type in as many words as they could possibly want. There is no limit. Howev
In this age of technology, everything is moving toward the Internet. Reading newspapers has turned to blogging, and blogging has turned to microblogging. And one of the most famous microblogging websites is Twitter as a form of social networking. When a person blogs, they can insert visible pictures and videos and they can type in as many words as they could possibly want. There is no limit. However, Twitter has a limit. A 140 character limit.
You might think this is so inconvenient because you have to click the link and go to a separate web page to see the picture or video, but smart phones are smarter than that. It's so easy to view the short message and still be able to...
Q. Why there is character limit in Twitter?
Ans. Human psychology.
First thing, everyday, every single minute, there happens millions of interesting things across the globe upon whom, we can write an essay if we want, because we can explain things way better that makes us happy.
And twitter would surely not want essay writers.
Think of it this way. Reading something in less than 140 characters and reading a complete essay on the same topic. What is more boring? The second one. You would probably read one essay and close twitter coz most of us are not used to of reading too much.
But, with 140 chara
Q. Why there is character limit in Twitter?
Ans. Human psychology.
First thing, everyday, every single minute, there happens millions of interesting things across the globe upon whom, we can write an essay if we want, because we can explain things way better that makes us happy.
And twitter would surely not want essay writers.
Think of it this way. Reading something in less than 140 characters and reading a complete essay on the same topic. What is more boring? The second one. You would probably read one essay and close twitter coz most of us are not used to of reading too much.
But, with 140 character limit, firstly the person twitting on Twitter would convey his thoughts in limited words, and you would get those thoughts in limited words. Secondly and more importantly, you would get variety of tweets to read. It's better to read 10 interesting stories of 140 characters rather than reading a single composition of 1400 characters.
And that's what makes twitter so popular.
But need not to worry about 140 characters now. I guess twitter has revised it's policy to extend the character limit to 280.
#HappyTwitting
When Twitter started it was mainly as a SMS service. One SMS can contain only 160 characters. In services like twitter you reserve a portion of such space for "internal logics", the remaining piece is the space alowed for the real conversation.
Twitter now allows 280 characters, not 140.
I personally preferred 140 because that number of characters forces you to write clearly and concisely. I believe I’ve become a better writer in the 10 years I’ve been Tweeting.
Around the year 1985 when first GSM short messaging services (SMS) introduced, it was determined that for normal text messaging, words are limit to 160 characters. But due to split messaging it creates hectic for the readers. So to avoid hassle free services Twitter split 20 characters for user name and remaining for 140 characters for messaging or content.
SMS text messaging was designed around 1986 to take advantage of the limited available bandwidth of a secondary cellphone channel. It allowed 128 characters comfortably, or 160 with some squeezing. This was two 80-character lines, or about the measured length of postcard messages (defined in the 1860s). Twitter trimmed 20 of those 160 for the poster's name. Why text messages are limited to 160 characters
When Twitter started years ago, it was a service, which was operated also by SMS. SMSes are limited to 160 characters, so Twitter had to set a limit for message and it was necessary to left also few characters for "@username" in case of replies or retweets.
As we know, twitter users can send tweets from their mobile phones also. Now a days there are more users using twitter from web, twitter stuck to 140 characters because of wide use of twitter through mobile networks.
As mobile phones can be used to send SMS only with a text of 160 characters. So here how twitter considered using 140 characters only
To send text message from mobile phone to twitter, twitter reserves
20 characters for username
140 characters for message .
Also see :http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2011/02/21/why-twitter-should-never-expand-beyond-140-characters/
The reason I think, once it becomes popular, the creater would monetize using remaining 20 characters advertisement to match 160 characters of Standard Text Message which could be sent through networks too.
I believe that twitter began as a complementary SMS service, so they could use the 160 characters in english(utf8), but thay prefer (i think) more flexible approach and use maximum lenght in sms using the unicode code (140). This restriction is more about SMS protocol limit that twitter design choice
A tweet is meant to be short and crisp. Going with the base meaning of the word “tweet’ doesn’t mean you sit there and write a paragraph. A tweet means to be small, keeping it short and simple.
The 140 character limit was established by Twitter when they began the services. You can't extend it, but there are services that let you enter larger posts (such as http://www.twitlonger.com/), but they require people to click on a link, which is another step they have to do.
Because cell phones at the time only could accept 140 characters. Cell phones continued to evolve, but Twitter did not, at least until fairly recently.
Initially, the purpose of keeping it short was that the message could go through SMS. However over a period of time, it became norm. Now twitter is used more to communicate in a shorter and faster way. Of course, no one has time and no one wants to read long messages. The short tweets are easy to read and can be read in no time. The other side which i think makes sense is that the database is not very heavy, and it is easier for twitter to save space on database. After all, heavier the database, it is costlier to manage. Short tweet conveys message effectively.
First its a Microblogging platform here is what It means
Microblogging is a broadcast medium that exists in the form of blogging. A microblog differs from a traditional blog in that its content is typically smaller in both actual and aggregated file size. Microblogs "allow users to exchange small elements of content such as short sentences, individual images, or video links".[1] These small messages are sometimes called microposts.[2]
Second reason i could think is to allow people to tweet using popular medium SMS from their cell phone.
Twitter is removing 140-character limit in Direct Messages
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/twitter-removing-140-character-limit-direct-messages-article-1.2257975
Twitter was designed to be quick and easy. Both for the followed and followers. If you are a celebrity, you can read 100s of your fans tweets in 10–15 minutes of free time, simply because they have limited characters. Without it, it might as be just another Facebook.
280 is the latest character count on Twitter. It does not count your username. You can read more on the post I wrote about it when it was increased a few years back from the old 140 character count.
Twitter 280 Character Count is Now Here For All To Tweet Away
A tweet can have maximum 280 characters!
Hi!
Actually - Twitter has already increased its character limit to 280 characters!
Why the character limit, you ask? Well Twitter is, and might always be, a place for short messages. According to AdWeek, “Once upon a time, long long ago… a group of young programmers whipped up a program that could send SMS to and from a small group of recipients. This blossomed into Twitter, a web- and mobile- based messaging system that lets users send short messages – known as tweets – to one another.”
Hope this helps!
It's because SMS (text) messages on mobile phones were limited to 160 characters (See: Page on latimes.com).
When twitter was defining their message length they took the 160-character SMS message length, reserved 20 characters for the user address and, as a result, the 140-character twitter message length resulted.
Assume yourself to be the twitter's small bird who keeps chirping, very short and repeated.
So, 140 chars are enough for one chirp, right?
Chirp again, if you want to. :)
Most tweets will now fit 280 characters, up from 140. The new limit will roll out to Twitter users in almost all 40 languages Twitter supports
The new limit was raised from 140 to 280 in November 2017….
That is the uniqueness of that platform. It has always been that way though they have added to the number of characters slightly.
Great explanation here: Charlie Cheever's answer to Why does Twitter limit the message length to 140 characters?
Because it is misprogrammed and mismanaged by morons who work for a fascistophile named Jack Donkey.
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... Speaking of the body and its function, what is the standard?
The I [mind-intent] and ch'i are king,
and the bones and muscles are the court.
Think over carefully what the final purpose is:
to lengthen life and maintain youth.
The Song consists of 140 characters;
each character is true and the meaning is complete.
If you do not study in this manner,
then you will waste your time and sigh with regret.
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It's probably a hacker who practiced t'ai chi... T'ai Chi Ch'uan Classics
... Speaking of the body and its function, what is the standard?
The I [mind-intent] and ch'i are king,
and the bones and muscles are the court.
Think over carefully what the final purpose is:
to lengthen life and maintain youth.
The Song consists of 140 characters;
each character is true and the meaning is complete.
If you do not study in this manner,
then you will waste your time and sigh with regret.
Found while reading up on these classics recommendations: SO YOU WANT TO LEARN TAI CHI CHUAN EH! -Part 2 of the new student manual
140 characters forces users to be succinct. Get much longer and it's not a tweet, it's a novel (Twovel?) There is a lot of charm in these short 140 character billboards of our lives.