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    CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 5 Jan 2016

    Twitter considers changing character limit from 140 to 10,000 http://cbsn.ws/1Pe8ABA pic.twitter.com/Aw1SnMWlps

    1:52 PM - 5 Jan 2016
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      2. Nathanael Saint-Cyr‏ @NathanaelStCyr 5 Jan 2016
        Replying to @Libertank

        @_Darkness_9 @CBSNews I agree completely... Anything over 500 characters and Twitter will start to smell like Facebook. Not good...

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      2. Mark Elliot‏ @iammarkelliot 5 Jan 2016
        Replying to @CBSNews

        @CBSNews DON'T DO IT! 140 CHARACTERS FORCES YOU TO EDIT YOUR THOUGHTS. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SAVE ME FROM THE SCREED OF 10000 CHARACTERS!

        1 reply 2 retweets 5 likes
      3. Narelle Ford‏ @narelleford 5 Jan 2016
        Replying to @iammarkelliot

        @iammarkelliot @TerrySerio @CBSNews @twitter I agree. Who wants to read that much?

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. UFC Champ Tiramisu‏ @HughJessWiener 5 Jan 2016
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        @CBSNews I want to read a tweet not an essay by some troll.

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      1. Elizabeth Dent‏ @LizyDent 5 Jan 2016
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        @CBSNews @twitter please god no.

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      1. Count Shoqula‏ @Shoq 5 Jan 2016
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        Count Shoqula Retweeted CBS News

        ,@CBSNews This is clickbait and wrong. They are considering *optionally* extending the lengthhttps://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/684492789372039169 …

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        CBS NewsVerified account @CBSNews
        Twitter considers changing character limit from 140 to 10,000 http://cbsn.ws/1Pe8ABA  pic.twitter.com/Aw1SnMWlps
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      1. J. J. Cannon, Author‏ @JenCannPro 5 Jan 2016
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        @CBSNews Then it would be Chatter, not @twitter. :(

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      1. Steve MacLeod‏ @macsteed 5 Jan 2016
        Replying to @CBSNews

        @CBSNews I would be happy with more than current amount. 144 to 164 or a bit more. 10,000 seems to defeat the purpose of program.

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      1. Lucy‏ @Lucy59jarvis 5 Jan 2016
        Replying to @CBSNews

        @CBSNews that would make it Facebook!

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      1. Emily Dill  🕸‏ @EmilyErinDill 5 Jan 2016
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        @CBSNews Horrible idea. Then it becomes Facebook.

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      1. A‏ @5102N 5 Jan 2016
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        @CBSNews @Leah_Holiove like we can say OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG a lot more?

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      1. Audrey‏ @BOSFoodTours 5 Jan 2016
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        @CBSNews ... BIG mistake! Beauty is that we can read quickly, and tweeps are forced to be concise. @twitter

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      1. Richard Corey‏ @RichardCorey007 5 Jan 2016
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        @CBSNews @mrogers_RS TLDR

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      1. Bonsua‏ @iamokyere 5 Jan 2016
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        @CBSNews twitter should never do this!

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      1. nathan taylor‏ @rntaylor_2 5 Jan 2016
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        @CBSNews please don't!!

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      1. ones and zeroes‏ @schwaid 5 Jan 2016
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        @CBSNews so then just a bunch of longer ramblings and blogs

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      1. Jason Fuller‏ @BlueLightsShine 5 Jan 2016
        Replying to @CBSNews

        @CBSNews Ridiculous. Two or three HUNDRED is all we really need at the very most. Twitter is already slow enough sometimes!

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