Twitter yesterday announced it was testing a change to its rules that would increase the maximum limit of characters per tweet from 140 to 280. A controversial decision that soon had proponents and critics arguing, this change is unfortunately only restricted to a select few as Twitter conducts its tests and considers whether to extend the luxury to all users.
If you"re someone who"d like to the try the freedom that comes with twice as much tweeting power, or are just annoyed by having to segment your lengthy philosophical prose into bite-sized pieces, there"s a way to enable the change manually, even if Twitter"s tests didn"t initially include you.
An enterprising user going by @xem on Twitter discovered and has posted the following instructions for getting the upgraded character limit on Chrome:
Hey! if you don"t have #280characters yet:
— xem ? (@MaximeEuziere) September 27, 2017
- install the browser extension Tampermonkey
- add this script in the extension: https://t.co/gGIw21XXK9
- Refresh https://t.co/APVlvOgzEF (in a new tab)
- Compose a 280char tweet
- ignore the counter that still says 140
cc. @fakeunicode