Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Sina Weibo withdraw limit of 140 characters – Xinhua

BEIJING, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) – Chinese microblog service Sina Weibo, similar to Twitter, will withdraw its 140-character limit from 28 January in their development platform, confirmed Wednesday the Executive Director company, Wang Gaofei.

The change came after reports from the media that ensured that US microblog platform Twitter is considering eliminating its own limit of 140 characters, considered an iconic feature this network.

On Wednesday, a snapshot of a letter from the Open Platform to its developers Weibo widely circulated in Weibo. It is said that the new format could be proved between “relevant users” from January 28 and will remain open for the rest a month later. Wang instant reissued in your personal account under the username “Laiquzhijian”.

In his retweet, Wang said that during the pilot, only 140 characters will be displayed on the first page of fans and a link will appear to display the entire contents if a tweet exceeds the character limit.

Sina Weibo has more than 200 million active users, according to its financial report for 2015. The works open platform for third parts and external developers.

The rumors about the plan to withdraw their Twitter character limit has been debated intensely in social networks, but the company still has not confirmed.

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