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Twitter Will Allow Some Users to Post Super Size Tweets

by VOA News

   Twitter is going to allow some users to super size their tweets.

   The company just announced it's doubling the length of a tweet from 140
   characters to 280 characters for "a small group" of users.

   Twitter did not say whether President Trump (@realDonaldTrump), an avid
   tweeter, will be one of those allowed to post longer tweets, but said
   the feature is going out to a "random sample," so it's certainly
   possible.

   Japanese, Korean and Chinese users are excluded from the expanded
   tweets because the characters allow people to say a lot more with fewer
   characters.