CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Elon Musk confirms Twitter can soon expand or kill 280-character limit-Times of India.

Detailed explanation-2: -Twitter launched 280 characters in November 2017 to all users in supported languages, including English. The company first announced the controversial plan to move beyond its traditional 140 characters in September 2017 with a small group of users.

Detailed explanation-3: -Need more than 280 characters to express yourself? All you need to do is subscribe to Twitter Blue. The ‘microblogging’ platform is introducing long-form tweets, a part of Musk’s “much larger” interface overhaul. Now, Twitter users, only those subscribed to the Blue, can write 4000 characters in a tweet.

Detailed explanation-4: -It used to be 120 characters in the beginning, then it grew to 280. The point is that this short format is THE point of Twitter. It’s literally in the name of the platform. It’s ‘tweet’, not ‘fart’ or ‘vomit’", commented one user.

Detailed explanation-5: -This was increased to 280 characters in 2017(Opens in a new window), and the limit, which is one of the key differentiators between Twitter and other social media services such as Facebook, remained in place ever since.