Twitter chief Elon Musk on Sunday announced that long-form tweet feature may be introduced on Twitter early in February and that the microblogging site will undergo significant interface modifications. In a tweet, Musk announced a number of upcoming modifications to Twitter's user interface. In his tweet, he said: "Easy swipe right/left to move between recommended vs followed tweets rolls out later this week. First part of a much larger UI overhaul. Bookmark button (de facto silent like) on Tweet details rolls out a week later. Long form tweets early Feb."
The microblogging platform will soon allow users to write long-form text in their tweets, which presently have a character restriction of 280, the Twitter CEO had said in November. He said: "Twitter will soon add ability to attach long-form text to tweets, ending absurdity of notepad screenshots."
The updates revealed today are the most recent in a string of modifications made after Elon Musk acquired control of the microblogging platform in a hostile $44 billion takeover.
The decision to enable long-form writing in tweets has been hotly contested, with some arguing that doing so will make Twitter less distinctive and others demanding it.
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People opposed to the change further claim that the elimination of the character limit is unnecessary because users can already write in-depth comments by using the threads option.