For all talk about the power of brevity on Twitter (140 characters or less), there’s a growing number of services offering ways to get around the character limit.
A good example is tweetshrink, which takes your Twitter messages and then reduces the number of characters using abbreviations.
Here’s an example:
Before:
hey, this is good stuff because it appears to work
After: (with seven fewer characters)
hey, this is gd stuff b/c it appears 2 work
tweetshrink is an interesting service but you have to wonder why anyone would be so keen to squeeze in more than 140 characters. After all, that’s the beauty of Twitter, isn’t it. If you’re looking to write more, perhaps Tumblr or a blog is a better option.
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Shrink Your Tweets
For all talk about the power of brevity on Twitter (140 characters or less), there’s a growing number of services offering ways to get around the character limit.
A good example is tweetshrink, which takes your Twitter messages and then reduces the number of characters using abbreviations.
Here’s an example:
Before:
hey, this is good stuff because it appears to work
After: (with seven fewer characters)
hey, this is gd stuff b/c it appears 2 work
tweetshrink is an interesting service but you have to wonder why anyone would be so keen to squeeze in more than 140 characters. After all, that’s the beauty of Twitter, isn’t it. If you’re looking to write more, perhaps Tumblr or a blog is a better option.
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