I'm thinking more and more about why the 280-character limit is implemented differently client- and server-side. Why would you do that?
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They must have known that leftover impossible Tweets would be a problem here. So why do it? Do they never plan to close that gap?
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The only way in practice to close the gap is to weaken the client-side check to "280 characters, any characters you like".
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[pins all the data up on the board, crosslinks it all with thread and highlights, steps back dramatically and it all spells "INCOMPETENCE"]
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