140 characters is a huge part of Twitter's aesthetic. Allowing some users to "tweet longer" would be brand-suicide: http://scripting.com/stories/2011/03/20/whatTwitterAndTheNytHaveIn.html …
8:40 AM - 21 Mar 2011
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