After struggling to attract new users, Twitter unveiled a new experiment in which their 140-character limit would be <a href="https://www.thenational.ae/business/technology/twitter-to-trial-tweets-longer-than-140-characters-1.661915">raised to 280 characters</a>. Despite it only being tested out on a small group of users, it got many people in the Twitterverse talking. Here are some of the best responses to the news: The idea of freedom, so much freedom to type out full thoughts without being cutoff by the character limit: But also realising that to maximise the full use of all the characters would take some actual thought: Although of course, with more characters, comes more power: As well as more detail. Maybe too much detail. After all, who doesn't want double the opinion with a double word count? Actually, quite a few people, it turns out: However, on the one hand, it turns out you can actually turn your tweet count into a game: Or even imagine the types of Twitter feuds now: But really, all people wanted was to be able to edit their own tweets: Sorry folks, maybe some other day. ____________<br/> <br/> <strong>Read more: </strong> ____________