Twitter's #280characters is the new verified blue tick, because people are super jelly they don't have it
Twitter has started allowing a handful of its users to post tweets of 280 characters — double its longstanding 140 character length.
But because only a "small group" of users is part of the trial, everyone else left out of the party is jealous as heck.
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After the announcement, Ellen Degeneres promptly tweeted this funny:
I’m so excited to be part of @Twitter’s #280characters rollout. Let me just say it’s an honor and a privilege. I’d like to thank my wonderf
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) September 27, 2017
People who took her seriously responded to her joke by being incredibly salty:
Dan Katz, of Bar Stool sports, has perhaps encapsulated exactly what everyone's jealous of, in this tweet announcing he's part of the blessed few:
Oh shit I was selected as one of the special ones to tweet in 280 characters. HAHAHA suck it losers, I feel like God right now. Wait, I'm not done, I would also like to say that all these words I'm typing right now are useless and I wasted them just because I CAN. These too, lmao
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) September 27, 2017
The rest of us lowly tweeters might take comfort in some of the reactions that have brewed over the hours since the news broke.
Some are taking out their rage at being left out by hating on Twitter itself. By tweeting about it.
If there's one thing Lost taught us it's that you can't fix a broken, chaotic mess by doubling the amount of characters #280Characters
— Gav (@miracleofsound) September 26, 2017
great news about #280characters. every time I get on twitter I think MAN I wish there was twice as much of this
— Justin McElroy (@JustinMcElroy) September 27, 2017
Some say you don't even need more characters.
139 characters pic.twitter.com/WkfdXL8oLh
— Caitlin Kelly (@caitlin__kelly) September 26, 2017
Not certain how I feel about #280characters because I've finally mastered the art of Twitter brevity.
See? Exactly 140 characters.
Yay me!— Greg Baldwin (@GregBaldwinIroh) September 27, 2017
Meanwhile, others just want to be able to edit their tweets.
Honestly, I'd much rather have a damn edit button. #280characters
— Melissa Quinn Amour (@MelissaAmour72) September 26, 2017
Not to sound ungrateful or anything but I'd settle for just an edit button. #280characters
— Claire Smith 🍂 (@clairemsmith_) September 26, 2017
F*ck 280 characters. We want an edit button. It's the only thing that will separate the humans from the bots #280Characters #TuesdayThoughts
— Humpty Trumpy (@TrumpsToDoList) September 26, 2017
Twitterverse: “Hey Twitter, we want to be able to edit our tweets”
Twitter: “How about 280 characters for more typos?”#280characters— Dom Gigli™ (@DomCena) September 27, 2017
Guess you can't win 'em all.
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