At the end of September, Twitter announced a random selection of accounts would have their character limit per tweet doubled from 140 to 280. A little more than a month later, the social media platform expanded this opportunity to everyone, in what many would call a fundamental change to the site and its functionality. As you might expect, not everyone is thrilled about the increase… but at least they had more room to complain about it:

But whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

— Robert Mays (@robertmays) November 7, 2017

How do I know if I have #280characters? Because I just keep typing and typing and typing and typing and typing and typing and typing and typing and typing and typing and typing and typing and typing and typing and typing and typing and typing.

Seriously?

I don't like this.

— Jenny Lawson (@TheBloggess) November 7, 2017

But there were also plenty of people (and social media managers) who immediately took advantage of the increase to make jokes, quote their favorite movies and shows, warn people about the dangers and responsibilities of overdoing it, and to waste even more time/annoy people with the extra room. So here are some of the best reactions we saw from Twitter users to getting 280 characters.

Everyone's timelines when #280characters hit pic.twitter.com/8n3KqXjfPm

— Joe Hawks (@renegadedelta) November 8, 2017

280 characters? What is this, an episode of Riverdale?!

Haha.

Please buy our comics.

— Archie Comics (@ArchieComics) November 7, 2017

When you finally get #280characters but moments later realize that actually you don't need them and were just craving for it because some blue ticks and a select few got them first and now you've go back to sulking for the edit button which twitter isn't giving you anytime soon. pic.twitter.com/4kgINHuqrI

— Yogi (@UdtaLiberal) November 8, 2017

https://twitter.com/alexrab/status/928101984196087808

https://twitter.com/Malik4Play/status/928042070547111936

I already hate 280 characters.

— Joe Posnanski (@JPosnanski) November 8, 2017

This is bullshi pic.twitter.com/Ax3rRvNCBE

— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) November 7, 2017

Did we do it right? #280characters pic.twitter.com/Lg2DZZgo4o

— Netflix ANZ (@NetflixANZ) November 8, 2017

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what if pants had a tiny leg in the middle for your penis

Thanks for reading today's tweet, and hey – why not try Blue Apron for

— Ben Mekler (@benmekler) November 7, 2017

https://twitter.com/Diane_7A/status/928065867828678658

Me, seeing how Twitter reacts to the new rule. #280characters pic.twitter.com/9NFRQ6xWI0

— Eli Tidmore (@EliTidmoreMusic) November 8, 2017

https://twitter.com/PhillyD/status/928051663666999296

Just because you have 280, doesn't mean you should use it all the time, consider it a spare tire. 👍#280characters

— Dan Gerous, Inc.🐷🍻 (@Anythingpork) November 8, 2017

Still not enough, @Twitter. #FNL pic.twitter.com/LY9y79g66l

— NBC Entertainment (@nbc) November 7, 2017

https://twitter.com/Booo0512/status/928098126296174592

https://twitter.com/missunitedface/status/928037972317913090

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— Ben Schwartz (@rejectedjokes) November 8, 2017

https://twitter.com/jtylerconway/status/928019960609300485

#Twitter right now be like…#280Characters pic.twitter.com/s8V5GJzFmf

— Scott Fishman (@smFISHMAN) November 8, 2017

Actually, is there a way I can be reduced to 70? I'm tired.

— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) November 8, 2017

https://twitter.com/OctaneBlizz/status/928071479404658688

Your long tweets are dumb and boring

— maura quint (@behindyourback) November 7, 2017

Fixed it for you, @Twitter. pic.twitter.com/B5syP1rvz7

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 7, 2017

If i wanted 280 characters I’d just listen to all the demons inside my head, no thanks!

— ali segel (@OnlineAlison) November 7, 2017

First thing Dems need to do when they re-take the House in 2018 is restore the 140 character limit

— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) November 8, 2017

https://twitter.com/jynksiedraws/status/928067717327937536

Oh my. I have #280characters. You really shouldn't have done this, Twitter. pic.twitter.com/uKqmhGaUiz

— Mike Gerald Gibbs🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦(He/Him) (@Mikeggibbs) November 7, 2017

https://twitter.com/poniewozik/status/928011829900693506

two hundred eighty. the ole 280. the grand double guap and change. the three hundred minus 20. the double 140. the 28 x 10. the whole kit and caboodle. the grand character count. the double tweet. the triple lindy. letters galore. here comes the tweet bus pulling in to the statio

— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) November 7, 2017

There were some recurring themes too, like how Twitter not only gave users something they didn’t actually want, they still won’t give them the only thing they have asked for.

We were requesting for an "edit tweet" option and they gave us Tweetbook 😭#280characters pic.twitter.com/drZTxxoxf9

— KOBZ (@AgbaKobz) November 8, 2017

https://twitter.com/BrianRossAd/status/928049095343669248

https://twitter.com/jpgdjh/status/928052925355585536

I think they want an edit button.

But it turns out 280 characters are great for famous quotes and theme songs.

Finally Can Say This…
Now
this
is
the
story
all
about
how
My
life
got
flipped,
turned
upside
down
And
I'd
like
to
take
a
minute
just
sit
right
there
I'll
tell
you
how
I
became
the
prince
of
a
town
called
Bel Air #280characters pic.twitter.com/KuxIBg2MKx

— Ziggy 🇵🇸 (@mrjafri) November 8, 2017

Take this object, but beware it carries a terrible curse.

That’s bad.

But it comes with a free frogurt!

That’s good.

The frogurt is also cursed.

That’s bad.

But it comes with your choice of toppings!

That’s good.

The toppings contain potassium benzoate.

…That’s bad.

— Ryan W. Mead (@rwmead) November 8, 2017

https://twitter.com/ArlenadeVictor/status/928098039868223490

My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius.
Father to a murdered son.
Husband to a murdered wife.
And I will have my vengeance,in this life or the next.#280characters

— Maj Happy (@SO2_Optimism) November 7, 2017

Fish don't fry in the kitchen;
Beans don't burn on the grill.
Took a whole lotta tryin'
Just to get up that hill.
Now we're up in the big leagues
Gettin' our turn at bat.
As long as we live, it's you and me baby
There ain't nothin wrong with that.#280characters

— Hater's Ball Co-chair (@DPMCanty) November 8, 2017

In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortuDAMMIT TOO LONG

— Neil Kleid (@neilkleid) November 8, 2017

In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories. *DUN DUN*

— 𝐋𝐀𝐖 & 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑 (@lawandordertv) November 7, 2017

Also, what’s the most obvious joke in the world to make when someone allows you to write more? Making fun of writing more.

Who needs 280? The best writing rules are:
1. Less is more.
2. Simplify.
3. Don’t use 8 words when 3 works.
4. Never waste a reader’s time.

— Don Van Natta Jr. (@DVNJr) November 8, 2017

We all have 280 characters? Well, as Shakespeare wrote, “Brevity is the soul of wit. The soul of wit is what brevity is. Brevity? Soul of wit? They're the same thing. Like if you had brevity in one hand and the soul of wit in the other, you’d be hard pressed to tell them apart.”

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) November 8, 2017

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— hayley (@hayleyghoover) November 8, 2017

So what about us? Did we do any better? Uh…..

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— Nerdist (@nerdist) November 8, 2017

But you know who did nail this? NBA referees. No, really.

Now that we all have #280Characters, we expect your Twitter complaints about specific calls against your favorite teams to be calm, well-reasoned, and full of complete sentences. Thanks in advance for this positive step forward in basketball officiating-related discourse."

— NBA Referees (@OfficialNBARefs) November 7, 2017

That would have been the MVP reaction if not for the most unlikely of sources. Because on a day where Twitter doubled its character limit, the person who has possibly written the most words of anyone who has ever lived, knew exactly what to do with all that extra space.

280 characters? Fuck that.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) November 8, 2017

That’s why he’s the King.

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