hmm...... here's a question: how many bits of information can you send in one tweet, using only text characters?
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so with 140 characters it's at least 280 bytes, and with 280 characters it's at least 560
Base65536 uses "heavy" characters which Twitter counts double. Only 140 fit even in a long Tweet, so still only 280 bytes
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However, I'm planning an encoding which uses only "light" characters and encodes 11 bits per character = 385 bytes per long Tweet
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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that's true, though that's only if they actually fixed the character counting to be server-side
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(I've no idea if they did yet)
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