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Please describe yoursellf in a tweet." Remember a tweet has a maximum of 280 characters, so you need to communicate as effectively as you can. Tell the class what makes you who you are. You can talk about anything that is important to you, or what interests and hobbies you have. You could talk about your favorite fods, actor/actress, singer, song, games, places, things to do, etc. You could talk about your family or personal relationships. You could describe your personality. You coulduse a quote you really like. Say anything yoOu like, as long as you keep it school appropriate:)

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Giving you more characters to express yourself

By Aliza Rosen and Ikuhiro Ihara

Tuesday, 26 September 2017

Trying to cram your thoughts into a Tweet – we’ve all been there, and it’s a pain.

Interestingly, this isn't a problem everywhere people Tweet. For example, when I (Aliza) Tweet in English, I quickly run into the 140 character limit and have to edit my Tweet down so it fits. Sometimes, I have to remove a word that conveys an important meaning or emotion, or I don’t send my Tweet at all. But when Iku Tweets in Japanese, he doesn’t have the same problem. He finishes sharing his thought and still has room to spare. This is because in languages like Japanese, Korean, and Chinese you can convey about double the amount of information in one character as you can in many other languages, like English, Spanish, Portuguese, or French.

We want every person around the world to easily express themselves on Twitter, so we're doing something new: we're going to try out a longer limit, 280 characters, in languages impacted by cramming (which is all except Japanese, Chinese, and Korean).

Although this is only available to a small group right now, we want to be transparent about why we are excited to try this. Here are some of our findings

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