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Do you have a lot on your mind? Are you tired of the 140-character limit? Twitter is testing a tweetstorm feature that automatically breaks lengthy messages into separate tweets and binds them together. The new feature is hidden in its Android app, as some eagle-eyed users have noticed.
With the new change, the micro-blogging site could make the service more accessible to a wide range of people. Not everyone can master the art of tweetstorms, so added a graphic user interface into the mix could help nonproficient users a great deal.
The new feature was first spotted and reported by user Devesh Logendran who posted a print screen of the tweetstorm feature on the social media.
Twitter replied that they have no comment to make about the change. It is unclear when the feature will be launched or if it would ever see the light of day. For now, it is not available to the general public.
Twitter replied that they have no comment to make about the change. It is unclear when the feature will be launched or if it would ever see the light of day. For now, it is not available to the general public.
Tweetstorms Made Easy
Tweetstorms first gained popularity in 2014 when tech investor Marc Andreessen started to promote them. The term was coined by VC Chris Dixon, and had many critics over the years.
Writing a tweetstorm takes skill as you need to know how to reply to your previous tweets in a way that you generate a thread, not just a set of separate messages. Lots of Twitter users fail to do it right and end up with broken storms in their timelines.
Tweetstorm critics believe the feature is against what Twitter stands for since one should condense their thoughts into one or two 140-character message or just write a blogpost and tweet a link to it. Other users think a tweetstorm can offer an enhanced reading experience and can attract a larger audience to the site.
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