100 Up: Twitter to expand tweets from 140 characters to 10,000

Twitter's most beloved features is set to change. The company is planning to extend its 140-character limit to as many as 10,000, according to a person familiar with the matter. Twitter’s fans were quick to complain that such a change, expected to be announced by the end of March, would spoil the brevity and speed of the real-time service.
The character limit that forces users to pen snappy tweets could give way to the longer essays found on Facebook. It could transform Twitter into more of a public blogging platform rather than one that is succinct and well-suited to quips and breaking news headlines.

This person said, however, that Twitter Inc. is aiming to retain the look and feel of the user timeline. For tweets that are longer than 140 characters, users will have to click and expand to see the rest of the text. As users write beyond the 140-character limit, Twitter will signal to them that they have crossed the threshold as a way to encourage brevity.

Charlie Hebdo | Last tweets from press just before the attack in Paris

The last tweet from Charlie Hebdo's twitter account before they were attacked by 3 masked gunmen who stormed the office of the magazine, was a cartoon of ISIS leader. The editor-in-chief of the magazine, known for satirizing religion, Stephane Charbonnier, three well know cartoonists, four other journalists and two police officers were killed in the attack. Eight others were wounded, four of them in critical condition

Eric Garner Grand Jury Decision Sparks #Crimingwhilewhite Confessions

A day after the police officer who killed Eric Garner (a black man) in a choke hold was cleared by a grand jury, white people used Twitter to highlight police racial bias in the US...confessing to crimes they committed that police let them get away with. This is in protest of police brutality on blacks in America. They used the hashtag #‎crimingwhilewhite and it's been trending since yesterday.

Jason Ross, a writer for The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon first tweeted his own experience and called on others to share their stories.

 

You won't believe some of the things people get away with. Find more confessions after the cut..

Once Bitten Twice Shy, Chris Brown Friendly Advice To Women Beaters

             Remembering the Rihanna beat-down?  Chris Brown preaches against violence. 

Donald Trump Tweets Bill Cosby is Guilty of Sex Rape Allegations

Donald Trump is known for being very vocal about his thoughts…without sugarcoating or being diplomatic when addressing people – even the President of the United States.

Well now the 68-year-old businessman is giving his two cents about Bill Cosby and the rape allegations that have piled up against the American father-figure.

Trump stated that, Bill Cosby “is foolish, stupid, or getting bad advice in remaining silent if he is innocent. Probably guilty! Not a fan.”

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