Brevity is always best, but Twitter hasn't been a place of concision for some time; it's currently saturated with essays in the form of threads & jpgs. With 280 chars there's less need for such untidy workarounds, making expression of nuance more straightforward. I give it a 
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I believe it's an open beta among randomly chosen participants. If people like me don't abuse it too much (heheh), it'll probably get rolled out to everyone else in due course.
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How do they pick people??
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At random, I think.
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Who on earth would choose to sleep when god-like powers are granted at 4am? ;) I'm ambivalent about this new limit, wish I could try it!
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Maybe I have 280 characters but CHOOSE to keep it at 140, just because?
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So quick a turn from idealist with butterflies to power monger.
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This tweet embodies everything worthwhile about a larger character limit. Good show, sir! Sleep is for the weak!
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Lucky, but there is a kind of poetry needed to be profound in 140 characters.
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