The increase in the number of characters per tweet was one of many novelties Elon Musk announced for the social network after buying it in 2022. Initial Twitter it only supported 150 characters, which were later expanded to sentences of up to 280 characters.

Since February 8, the social network has increased the number of characters to post a tweet. It is now possible to access messages of 4,000 characters. This option helps those who like to tell long stories and have used Twitter threads for that. And that benefit is starting to reach more users.

In addition, images, videos, GIFs, surveys, hashtags and links can be added as with any tweet.

Some users who think 4,000 characters is too much are already warning that 10,000 character posts will be enabled soon, and others believe that it’s better for people to return to their blogs.

Ecuador’s former president Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz caused a stir among some followers last night when he published a very lengthy tweet reporting the news, despite not having a Twitter Blue account, as was initially the option.

Some users commenting on the former president also suggested verifying the account. The account verification represents a monthly expense that billionaire Elon Musk’s company encrypted according to the different colors of the visa.

Twitter Blue costs $8 a month on the web and $11 a month for those who sign up for iOS, the iPhone operating system.

The return of Twitter Blue, after the initial confusion over the implementation, brought something new verification badges with different colors.

The For You and Following tabs

Another major change within Twitter is the way the social network wants its users to navigate. Therefore, in a TikTok effect, Twitter now gives the user the option to choose between two tabs For you or Following.

Now we will one feed created by algorithms with tweets it thinks the user will like, and a “follow” page, which consists only of the tweets the user follows.

Are there benefits to this change in the network algorithm? The change partially fulfills a promise from Twitter CEO, Elon Muskwho tweeted on Dec. 20 that “the main timeline should allow for easy side-swiping between the highlights, the latest, the most popular, and the topics being followed.”