{"id":1428,"date":"2023-02-11T10:18:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T15:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/?p=1428"},"modified":"2025-08-10T23:37:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T03:37:51","slug":"twitter-blue-now-allows-4000-characters-instead-of-280-no-more-sardine-can-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/11\/twitter-blue-now-allows-4000-characters-instead-of-280-no-more-sardine-can-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Blue now allows 4,000 characters instead of 280 \u2013 no more ‘Sardine-Can’ Tweets!!! \ud83d\ude01"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I forget when I first joined Twitter, but deleted that account when going wid the Twitter Blue subscription<\/a> for my Karmi Tux @KarmiTux<\/a> account not long ago. Have one other Twitter account that is used a little on an old<\/b><\/a> WordPress blog I still have.<\/p>\n

Was never much for tweeting, but ended up wid three Twitter accounts at one point because of the three blogs I was running. Will probably delete that second account at some point, since Karmi Tux @KarmiTux<\/a> is now my primary Twitter account, and my primary blog is the self-hosted Karmi’s Musings & Tech<\/a> (aka KM&T<\/i>) blog.<\/p>\n

Had signed up for Twitter Blue on 12\/14\/2022, because I liked what Elon Musk was doing wid it, and less than 2-months later he introduces the new 4,000 characters<\/b><\/a> long-form Tweet.<\/p>\n

\\o\/ \u2018Hippity hip Hoorah<\/i>\u2018 \\o\/<\/b><\/p>\n

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Yeah<\/i>, I *LOVE<\/u>*<\/b> this new 4,000 characters long-form option – \\o\/ \u2018Hippity hip Hoorah<\/i>\u2018 \\o\/ <\/b>– as it potentially opens up many other options, e.g., as a ‘Full Partner<\/i>‘ wid my blogging endeavor\/s. I paid a $107.57 intro price for the 48-months plan<\/a><\/b> on the KM&T<\/a> self-hosted blog, and it renews for another 48-months on 11\/02\/2026 @ $335.52 which works out to $6.99 a month. Twitter Blue is $8.00 a month, but worth the price, IMHO.<\/p>\n

Basically<\/i>, for about $15 a month I can do all the blogging ‘n tweeting that I want, plus the excitement of researching & entertaining myself & experimenting wid it all, e.g., recently joined Telegram<\/a><\/b> ‘n added the WP Telegram (Auto Post and Notifications)<\/a> & WP Telegram Widget and Join Link<\/a> plugins to my KM&T blog. The Auto Post plugin will post a brief of any blog post to my Putin’s Unprovoked War<\/a><\/b> channel (that <\/i>link<\/u><\/i><\/b> is to the <\/i>preview-look<\/u><\/i><\/b> @ that channel<\/i>, but it looks totally different if you actually join Telegram<\/i>). The Widget and Join plugin looks like this:<\/p>\n

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That’s the WP widget on my KM&T sidebar. If you are a member of Telegram then you avoid that dull preview-look and can add a desktop look to a web browser, plus there is a popup app ‘Thingie<\/i> that you can add, which seems to work better, for me anyway<\/i>. \ud83d\ude09 Have no clue about Telegram right now, other than I have avoided the ‘Chat<\/i>‘ part of it (I think?!<\/i>). May try some of the other social media ‘Stuff<\/i>‘, if they offer WordPress Plugins, and if I can avoid the ‘Chat<\/i>‘ parts. \ud83e\udee2<\/p>\n

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