Twitter has announced that subscribers to its premium Blue service can now post longer tweets - but the news has been overshadowed by technical glitches
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Customers who pay £8 a month can now benefit from a 4,000-character limit - substantially more than the standard 280 characters for those with free accounts. But some users were unable to tweet at all on Wednesday, with thousands encountering a message that said they were over the daily limit for posting.
One of those that did manage to get a message out was Twitter Support, which said:"Twitter may not be working as expected for some of you. Sorry for the trouble. We're aware and working to get this fixed." This is the latest bug that the social network has suffered since Elon Musk's takeover late last year - with the billionaire quickly deciding to lay off a substantial number of staff.TwitterTwitter has admitted that longer tweets could have resulted in a lot more scrolling for users, but said:"Don't worry, Twitter is still Twitter.
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