We’ve been posting a great deal on Twitter recently, due to its popularity and abounding coverage in the media. One such example of recent coverage is from Forbes on their late-breaking accomplishment… The Longest Tweet In History.
Recently Forbes’ own Taylor Buley posted a 247 character Tweet, a quote from Steve Forbes, through Twitter’s programmable API. Buley’s Tweet was truncated at 136 characters with Twitter using the remaining four characters to display a space and hyperlinked ellipsis – hyperlinked to the full 247 character Tweet.
Twitter seems to have made these accommodations for the verbose, returning information that indicates a truncated Tweet and accommodating with hyperlinked ellipsis. While this is good news, you shouldn’t abuse their generosity – try to get it in 140 characters, if you need more consider blogging (Ah! Ah! Ah!)
