500 chars is an awful lot.
140 chars is too little (though I have long admired https://twitter.com/MicroSFF writing entire stories in single tweets). 500 chars is enough for me to dither over what I've written.
140 chars enables you to write and edit in a short period. That said, I'm forced to ask 'which abbrevation / grammar fault is least irritating?' regularly.
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Apparently the 140 character limit on tweets is only enforced clientside! https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/27/16372666/twitter-280-characters-guide-workaround
140 chars on Twitter feels so much more limiting after tooting!
I fear I will end up following the same users that I interact with on Twitter.
Some interesting new folks too.
Oooh, newlines! I believe microblogging has value even without a strict 140 char limit.
Twitter has become more generous anyway: @ replies to mulitple users, image links have all become shorter in Twitter's length calculation.