Are you a tweet deck user? I’m hoping you already have a twitter account and have been using it to direct people to your blog and communicate other messages about you and your brand, because Twitter has become a critical marketing tool and communication tool these days. But some twitter users are wondering of some enhancements to twitter are actually working against the one thing that made twitter so popular – the 140 character limit.
Now we’ve all had our days when we’ve struggled to fit what we wanted to say into that space, but over time, some of us have become very good at it. But when we’re not struggling to fit our own messages into twitter, we have to admit that we probably like that others are restricted to short messages. The 140 character limit allows us to get a lot of information from multiple twitter friends at a glance.
But now people can send longer tweets with a link to read the entire long message. And Tweet Deck has upgraded its interface to display the entire long message without the reader following the link. So what’s the reaction to this “improvement?” Well, the twitter community may not be entirely in favor of it. The Tweet Deck option only works for Tweet Deck users. And those who use the native twitter page or tools like Hoote Suite admit that they don’t follow the links to read the longer messages.
So, what are the preferred methods to deal with longer messages? Well, some people send a series of tweets to get through the entire message. But others point out that if you message is that long, you should probably write a blog post and then use twitter to deliver a short teaser and direct people to your blog. Embrace the power of the 140 character limit.