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    Twitter's 280-Character Tweets Are Fine

    Seriously, just don’t worry about it.
    by Alexis C. Madrigal Sep 27, 2017 2 minutes
    Source: Kacper Pempel / Reuters

    Tuesday, Twitter announced that it would test 280-character tweets, a doubling of the 140-character standard on the social network.

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