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0 pointsopencl3y ago0 comments

The 140 byte limit actually didn't last very long, it was 140 Unicode code points since at least a decade ago. You could use 140 CJK (Chinese/Japanese/Korean) characters or 140 emojis, and if it didn't fit in an SMS they just sent a link to the tweet.

Interestingly when they doubled the character limit they also started double counting CJK characters so the limit is still effectively 140 for those languages.

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lifthrasiir3y ago

> Interestingly when they doubled the character limit they also started double counting CJK characters so the limit is still effectively 140 for those languages.

CJK languages do tend to be relatively dense when written and counted by their code points.

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0 pointsopencl3y ago0 comments

Interestingly when they doubled the character limit they also started double counting CJK characters so the limit is still effectively 140 for those languages.

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lifthrasiir3y ago

> Interestingly when they doubled the character limit they also started double counting CJK characters so the limit is still effectively 140 for those languages.

CJK languages do tend to be relatively dense when written and counted by their code points.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse