The challenge that everyone using Twitter has dealt with at some point is hitting that max character limit. The limit right now is 140 characters, and that can be easy to hit for those that aren’t fond of brevity. This means that many end up shortening words to fit in what they need to say or using multiple tweets. That is about to change

Source: Hot Hardware – Twitter Doubles Tweet Character Limit To 280, #DontForgetBrevity Please