{"id":165942,"date":"2017-11-08T14:11:13","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T12:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/165942\/twitter-introduces-280characters\/"},"modified":"2017-11-08T14:11:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T12:11:13","slug":"twitter-introduces-280characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2017\/11\/08\/twitter-introduces-280characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter introduces #280characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This comes after a month of testing, where Twitter tested this new feature before rolling out to all their users. This new change, according to Twitter, is to make the social media network a lot easier to use and faster for everyone to express themselves.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>And, of course, we went to twitterville to find out what they thought about this new feature.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udff0\ud83d\udc34\u26ea\ufe0f\ud83d\udc51\ud83d\udc78\u26ea\ufe0f\ud83d\udc34\ud83c\udff0<br \/>\ud83d\ude10\ud83d\ude10\ud83d\ude10\ud83d\ude10\ud83d\ude10\ud83d\ude10\ud83d\ude10\ud83d\ude10<br \/>\u2b1c\ufe0f\u2b1b\ufe0f\u2b1c\ufe0f\u2b1b\ufe0f\u2b1c\ufe0f\u2b1b\ufe0f\u2b1c\ufe0f\u2b1b\ufe0f<br \/>\u2b1b\ufe0f\u2b1c\ufe0f\u2b1b\ufe0f\u2b1c\ufe0f\u2b1b\ufe0f\u2b1c\ufe0f\u2b1b\ufe0f\u2b1c\ufe0f<br \/>\u2b1c\ufe0f\u2b1b\ufe0f\u2b1c\ufe0f\u2b1b\ufe0f\u2b1c\ufe0f\u2b1b\ufe0f\u2b1c\ufe0f\u2b1b\ufe0f<br \/>\u2b1b\ufe0f\u2b1c\ufe0f\u2b1b\ufe0f\u2b1c\ufe0f\u2b1b\ufe0f\u2b1c\ufe0f\u2b1b\ufe0f\u2b1c\ufe0f<br \/>\ud83d\ude10\ud83d\ude10\ud83d\ude10\ud83d\ude10\ud83d\ude10\ud83d\ude10\ud83d\ude10\ud83d\ude10<br \/>\ud83c\udff0\ud83d\udc34\u26ea\ufe0f\ud83d\udc51\ud83d\udc78\u26ea\ufe0f\ud83d\udc34\ud83c\udff0<\/p>\n<p>Your move&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/280characters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#280characters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Melville \ud83d\ude9c (@JamesMelville) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JamesMelville\/status\/928212068884471808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingAbsolute_\/status\/928183415073107968<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/280Characters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#280Characters<\/a> you say?! Okay: \ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc19\ud83e\udd91\ud83e\udd90\ud83e\udd80\ud83d\udc21\ud83d\udc0b\ud83d\udc33\ud83d\udc2c\ud83d\udc1f\ud83d\udc20\ud83e\udd88\ud83d\udc36\ud83d\udc31\ud83d\udc2d\ud83d\udc39\ud83d\udc30\ud83d\udc2f\ud83d\udc28\ud83d\udc3c\ud83d\udc3b\ud83e\udd8a\ud83e\udd81\ud83d\udc2e\ud83d\udc37\ud83d\udc3d\ud83d\udc38\ud83d\udc12\ud83d\udc14\ud83d\udc27\ud83d\udc26\ud83d\udc24\ud83d\udc23\ud83e\udd87\ud83e\udd89\ud83e\udd85\ud83e\udd86\ud83d\udc25\ud83d\udc3a\ud83d\udc17\ud83d\udc34\ud83d\udc1d\ud83d\udc1e\ud83d\udc1a\ud83d\udc0c\ud83e\udd8b\ud83d\udc1b\ud83d\udc1c\ud83e\udd97\ud83d\udd77\ud83e\udd82\ud83d\udc22\ud83d\udc0d\ud83e\udd8e\ud83e\udd96\ud83e\udd95\ud83d\udc0a\ud83d\udc05\ud83d\udc06\ud83e\udd93\ud83d\udc2b\ud83d\udc2a\ud83e\udd8f\ud83d\udc18\ud83e\udd8d\ud83e\udd92\ud83d\udc03\ud83d\udc02\ud83d\udc04\ud83d\udc0e\ud83e\udd8c\ud83d\udc10\ud83d\udc11\ud83d\udc0f\ud83d\udc16\ud83d\udc15\ud83d\udc29\ud83d\udc08\ud83d\udc13\ud83e\udd83\ud83d\udc3f\ud83d\udc00\ud83d\udc01\ud83d\udc07\ud83d\udd4a\ud83e\udd94\ud83c\udf31\ud83c\udf34\ud83c\udf33\ud83c\udf32\ud83c\udf3f\u2618\ufe0f\ud83c\udf3e\ud83c\udf44\ud83c\udf41\ud83c\udf42\ud83c\udf43\ud83c\udf37\ud83c\udf39\ud83c\udf1d\ud83c\udf1a\ud83c\udf0e\ud83c\udf0d\ud83c\udf0f\ud83d\udca8\u2744\ufe0f\ud83c\udf0a\u2600\ufe0f\ud83c\udf26\ud83c\udf27\u26c8\ud83c\udf29\ud83c\udf28\u2601\ufe0f\ud83c\udf25\ud83c\udf2a\u26a1\ufe0f\u2604\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BBC Earth (@BBCEarth) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BBCEarth\/status\/928208672504852480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/viralramesh\/status\/928168684102799360<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We wanted an Edit button<br \/>We wanted Reactions<br \/>We wanted Stickers<br \/>We wanted less spam<br \/>We wanted Stories<br \/>We wanted better analytics<br \/>We wanted audio messages<br \/>We wanted 18+ blockers<br \/>We wanted to know what Twitter is actually supposed to be used for<\/p>\n<p>Then they gave us <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/280characters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#280characters<\/a> \ud83d\ude11<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ulrich Janse van Vuuren (@UlrichJvV) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UlrichJvV\/status\/928194602280071168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/jmehough\/status\/928158810073690112<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/yours_heidi\/status\/928154884406497280<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingAbsolute_\/status\/928143021207687168<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now it\u2019s official!<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/280characters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#280characters<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/piCtLUdvF6\">pic.twitter.com\/piCtLUdvF6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AwaiS (@aawa1s) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aawa1s\/status\/928226823208669186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stunting on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/280Characters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#280Characters<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/NatureBoy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NatureBoy<\/a> style<br \/>WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xwzCsfatDP\">pic.twitter.com\/xwzCsfatDP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u2742 Y\u00fcbb\u00ee\u0119 Umoh \u2742 (@Yubbie007) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Yubbie007\/status\/928121305211244544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Twitter: What new feature would you like most?<\/p>\n<p>Users: We&#39;d like to edit tweets please.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: What was that? You want <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/280characters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#280characters<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Users: NO we want to EDIT tweets!<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: Got it! 280 characters it is!<\/p>\n<p>Users: \ud83d\ude15<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: Done! You all now have 280 characters \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Safwan AhmedMia (@SuperSaf) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SuperSaf\/status\/928217224355221504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/viralramesh\/status\/928208901027319808<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='820b1f9414e4901ba09fe2ca2dfd2ebe'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter introduces #280characters , this means that Twitter users can now tweet a little longer than before. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6776,"featured_media":165943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Mahume Daniel Seleme","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3686],"tags":[16417,16418,16419,16420,1183,1186,16421,6153,6174],"class_list":["post-165942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news","tag-280characters","tag-140-characters","tag-16419","tag-280-characters","tag-trends","tag-twitter","tag-twitter-introduces-280characters","tag-twitter-news","tag-twitter-trends"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["#280characters","140 characters","280","280 characters","trends","Twitter","Twitter introduces #280characters","twitter news","twitter trends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6776"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}