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Cape Town - Twitter on Tuesday announced that it would roll out a 280-character limit for a small group of users as an experiment.  

"Trying to cram your thoughts into a Tweet – we’ve all been there, and it’s a pain," wrote Twitter engineer Ikuhiro Ihara and product manager Aliza Rosen in a joint blog post. "Although we feel confident about our data and the positive impact this change will have, we want to try it out with a small group of people before we make a decision to launch to everyone.

"What matters most is that this works for our community – we will be collecting data and gathering feedback along the way," the pair wrote.

"We’re hoping fewer Tweets run into the character limit, which should make it easier for everyone to Tweet."

Reaction on Twitter was swift with users making use of the microblogging service's ability to give near-instant feedback for a bit of fun. 




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