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I'm Mervi Eskelinen!
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Twitter Tuesday: The size (or at least length) matters
Last week a friend tweeted an idea for Twitter: To charge users for being able to write extra long Tweets. Ouch!
There's a point in keeping Tweets 140 characters long in maximum. The point is it makes it necessary to think what you want to say and to form it so that it's short and precise.
I have a tendency to ramble. My emails are horrible and my blog posts go from here to there. But on Twitter I must keep it short and in focus.
This has made me to learn (slowly) to be more economical with my words count. Anyone who has been bombarded by my lengthy and messy emails can say that's a good thing.
If Tweets could be more than 140 characters (say for a small payment), I'd personally hate it. Why? Because it would clutter my Twitter feed. Especially reading Tweets from a small screen (with a smartphone) would get messy.
If you want to say something more than 140 characters, get yourself a blog or use one of those longer Tweet services. That way the rest of us can decide whether we want to read your whole rant or just skip it all together.
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