“I think it’s great, especially when factoring in the hashtags. The fact that you’re getting more characters means that you can write more. Hashtags especially give people a chance to reach more audiences.”
Sophomore Chase Brossard
Philosophy major
“I think the character increase is good, because 140 characters is really not that much space to get out a good message. Now it’s easier to spell certain words with all the letters instead of writing stuff like ‘dnt’ in your tweets.”
“I think the character increase will make Twitter less fun. I don’t have a Twitter, but you can have a good message with a few words. With more characters, people will probably just ramble on and on like they do on Facebook.”
Sophomore Mai Sylla
Nursing major
“Even though the increase will allow people to explain themselves better, I feel like some people might carry it away and make it annoying, too.”
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“I think it’s going to be funny to see what the public does with more words. Now that they have room to use more words, I wonder if some people will be able to spell correctly.”
