Maybe you can't explain the world in 140 characters after all.
Twitter is considering expanding its famous character count, perhaps to as many as 10,000.
As someone who spends an inordinate of time both posting and reviewing my daily Twitter feed, I can't help but smile.
Longtime journalists have for a long time snickered at Twitter, sarcastically belittling it as representative of all that is wrong in our manic pace of life.
For many longtime scribes, 140 words wouldn't even make a good lead, let alone a compelling, complete thought.
But there is no arguing this: Twitter is where news breaks. Even I can admit that. Its instantaneous ability to deliver information have made it a crucial cog in the delivery of news and information.
But it is also without question limiting. And, lo and behold, it turns out Twitter is not immune to the kind of growth challenges all the rest of us in the media are facing. They are trying to keep pace with outlets such as Facebook, where writers can expound at length, without the shackles of a 140-word edict.
In considering expanding how much people can 'Tweet' in any one post, Twitter no doubt may face backlash from those whose allegiance to the 140-word cap is what drew them to the social media service in the first place.
Keep an eye on this one, you can bet it will be 'trending' for awhile.
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