Increasing Twitter's Character Limit To 1000 On Elon Musk's "To-Do List"

Twitter plan to increase its character limit is on Elon Musk's "to-do" list. The microblogging site's character limit might soon expand to 1000 from its previous limit of just 280 characters.

Twitter's new owner Elon Musk teased the update in response to a user's suggestion.

"It's on the to-do list," Musk wrote.

It's on the todo list

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28, 2022

According to a report by Mashable, Twitter was referred to as a "microblogging service" mainly due to its limit of 140 characters for its tweets. Eventually, the limit was increased to 280 characters in 2017. The news was announced on Twitter's official blog.

"Many people Tweeted the full 280 limits because it was new and novel, but soon after behavior normalized...We saw when people needed to use more than 140 characters, they Tweeted more easily and more often," the official Twitter blog read after it increased the limit to 280 from 140.

The character limit has been one of the prime differences between Twitter and other social media services.

Musk has shown interest in increasing the character limit on several occasions since his takeover of the platform, as per a report by Mashable.

On November 27, a Twitter user suggested to Elon Musk to increase the platform's word limit from 280 to 420.

"Good idea" Musk wrote in response.

Good idea

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 27, 2022

Prior to that, another user had suggested: "get rid of character limits."

"Absolutely", the multi-billionaire responded.

Musk recently announced another major change for the platform with its multi-coloured verification system.

The three-coloured system would replace the previous 'Twitter Blue' service which had to be pulled off within days of its release due to the rising number of accounts impersonating well-known brands and personalities while carrying the 'verified' check.