16 best uses of 280 characters on Twitter

Brian Koerber
Updated

After weeks of testing, Twitter rolled out a major update to its platform, doubling each tweet's character count from 140 to 280. 

Exhilarating, right? 

SEE ALSO: Twitter makes 280 characters the new normal

While the update may seem small to some, it is a pretty drastic change that will affect how users interact on the app. Though the feature is still new, here are the best ways people have used the increased character limit so far. 

1. Grace the internet with more Smash Mouth

2. Use 280 characters to talk crap about 280 characters 

3. Needlessly use 280 characters just because

4. Make that Sign Bunny loaded with content

5. Brands are using 280 characters to promote their brands, as brands do because they're brands and they can't help but be brands

6. And using it to show Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey what a terrible idea this was

7. To show off just how big space truly is 

8. Bird rights

9. Make a political message

10. The media can use it to help tell stories

11. Reminding people to vote

12. *DUN DUN*

13. Missy Piggy is using the count to talk about herself, something many people do on the internet

14. NBA referees now request your complaints be "calm, well-reasoned, and full of complete sentences"

15. Bee Movie quotes 

16. Jokes aside, the real winner here goes out to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, an account that can now provide additional details about children in need of help

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