Twitter says goodbye to 140 characters, hello 280 characters

Twitter is expanding its character limit on text posts from 140 to 280 characters with a small subset of users as part of a "test" -- but the change is expected to roll out to all users soon.

Twitter made the announcement on its official blog:


Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, tweeted the announcement with a tweet utilizing the new character limit:



Twitter addressed users who will be upset by the change: