1526755 - twitter character limit needs update (still at 140), twitter-text library needs update

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1441093

(Thunderbird :: Instant Messaging, defect)

Description

[Sebastian Hengst [:aryx] (needinfo me if it's about an intermittent or backout)]

The character limit for tweets is 280 characters for some time now: https://bgr.com/2018/02/08/twitter-character-limit-280-vs-140-user-engagement/

In the code it's 140: https://searchfox.org/comm-central/rev/411654b23a45ce25b0be55f890f62130af2e9df4/chat/protocols/twitter/twitter-text.jsm#1162

The library version in the tree is from 2016, it has evolved since that:
https://github.com/twitter/twitter-text/tree/master/js

Comment 1

[Patrick Cloke [:clokep]]

Thanks, this is a duplicate of bug 1441093.