6 Twitter Limitations You Probably Didn't Know Existed

1. What are the limitations of twitter?
2. What was the original Twitter character limit?
3. How do I bypass twitter limits?
4. What happens when Twitter restricts your account?
5. How do I know if I'm in twitter jail?
6. How many Twitter followers is respectable?
7. What does 140 characters mean?
8. Why are tweets limited to 140 characters?
9. Do hashtags count in Twitter character count?
10. How do I bypass character limit?
11. How do you write a tall tweet?

What are the limitations of twitter?

Current Twitter limits

• Direct Messages (daily): The limit is 1,000 messages sent per day.
• Tweets: 2,400 per day. ...
• Changes to account email: 4 per hour.
• Following (daily): The technical follow limit is 400 per day.

What was the original Twitter character limit?

The most common length of a tweet back when Twitter only allowed 140 characters was 34 characters. Now that the limit is 280 characters, the most common length of a tweet is 33 characters. Historically, only 9% of tweets hit Twitter's 140-character limit, now it's 1%.

How do I bypass twitter limits?

Well, here's a crafty way to break that limit: Just type out a super-long tweet, take a screenshot of it, and post that screenshot. Boom! You've beaten the limit. A caveat: This will eat up more mobile data than a simple text tweet, and it won't be copy & paste-able.

What happens when Twitter restricts your account?

You will not be able to engage in actions such as Tweeting, Retweeting, or liking, and only your followers can see your past Tweets. We may ask you to complete certain actions before we start the countdown on your limited state.

How do I know if I'm in twitter jail?

Getting Out of Twitter Jail. Wait patiently. If you receive an error message when you are trying to tweet, message or retweet after being very active, you are most likely in Twitter Jail. ... Your error message may read “Your Account Has Been Suspended.”

How many Twitter followers is respectable?

What is a good follower to following ratio on Twitter? An ideal following vs followers ratio is 1.0 and anything near (0.75 to 1.25) 1.0 ratio. This means that for every 100 people you are following, you should have at least 100 followers, too.

What does 140 characters mean?

short-form writing

The limits imposed on the length of a single text message (160 characters) or a tweet (originally 140 and then 280 characters). It also refers to brief posts on Facebook and blogs.

Why are tweets limited to 140 characters?

The 140-character limit was originally established to reflect the length of SMS messages, which was how tweets were distributed prior to the development of mobile apps. SMS messages are limited to 160 characters; Twitter reserved the remaining 20 for the username.

Do hashtags count in Twitter character count?

As far as Twitter is concerned, every single character in a Tweet counts as one for the purposes of the character count. ... Integral parts of Twitter conversations, such as mentions and hashtags, aren't ignored, so the more of them your tweet contains the fewer characters you have left for your actual message.

How do I bypass character limit?

Fortunately, there are ways to escape the character limit.
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shortText

1. BB Code tag / rich text support.
2. link images or videos.
3. 30,000 character limit.
4. allow comments.
5. set key to make text private.
6. receive short URL to share text.

How do you write a tall tweet?

Tall Tweets breaks up your long Tweet into multiple Tweets in your feed, marking the end of the first Tweet as "(1/2)" and the second Tweet as "(2/2)" if your long Tweet fits into two regular Tweets.