Tip! Test tweet character length

Support / help / discussion forum for twitter bot
Post Reply
bitcoin
Posts: 924
Joined: Tue Jul 04, 2017 1:25 am

Tip! Test tweet character length

Post by bitcoin »

A bit late maybe with the new 280 character tweets, but I want to be on the safe side until I know 280 character tweets are no problem.

So... how to test if your tweet still fits within the classic 140 character count? Go here: http://www.twitter-character-counter.com

You can test write your tweets with 140 characters in mind before you create tweets for TD.

Enjoy?
User avatar
martin@rootjazz
Site Admin
Posts: 34360
Joined: Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:06 pm
Location: The Funk
Contact:

Re: Tip! Test tweet character length

Post by martin@rootjazz »

:)
bitcoin
Posts: 924
Joined: Tue Jul 04, 2017 1:25 am

Re: Tip! Test tweet character length

Post by bitcoin »

It's a bit fake... It doesn't really count links correctly; just the amount of characters the URL itself has. Usually, most URLs are longer than 23 characters (with the https://) so you should be good in most cases... If it fits, it fits - usually : )
Last edited by bitcoin on Sat Oct 14, 2017 5:36 pm, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
martin@rootjazz
Site Admin
Posts: 34360
Joined: Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:06 pm
Location: The Funk
Contact:

Re: Tip! Test tweet character length

Post by martin@rootjazz »

IIRC regardless of URL, twitter counts it as 23 chars

so
https://soundcloudmanager.com/updatetesting.html
and
http://bit.ly/apsidui

both are treated as 23 chars long
Post Reply