Why the row over Twitter’s #280characters is a storm in a flat white
Everyone from JK Rowling to Stephen King has spoken out against Twitter’s 280 character limit. In this crossposting from The Conversation, lecturer Catherine Wilcox explains why the outrage is simply a flash in the pan.
There was an almighty twittering in the social media dovecote this week when Twitter rolled out its new #280characters – doubling its previous limit of 140. According to JK Rowling: “Twitter’s destroyed its USP. The whole point, for me, was how inventive people could be within that concise framework.”
Twitter’s destroyed its USP. The whole point, for me, was how inventive people could be within that concise framework. #Twitter280characters
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) 8 November 2017
