Twitter’s new rules explained in 140 characters

Twitter is trending on Twitter, so before the Internet explodes, here's why...

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Twitter says that their new changes will be available over the coming months, so it's time to brush up on what's happening Source: Twitter

to be more user friendly, as ppl who spend time expressing their thoughts online want more ways to do just that.

Rule 1

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Now you can use big words like, 'ill-informed' and 'addlebrained' when trolling people because the letters that follow the @ don't count.

Rule 2

Twitter rule 2
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Twitter don't want spam. So even the urls of insightful articles take up letters the same way links to meet horny MILFs do.

Rule 3

Twitter rule 3
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Like FB attachments, the url link of pics n stuff will disappear and only show the piece of media. No more of this 'www./pic.twitter' B.S. 

Rule 4

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Now everyone will see how much time you spend swearing at @clementine_ford in an attempt to bring down 'femisms'. 

Rule 5

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Because, me.

Rule 6

Twitter rule 6
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Because you can now retweet yourself, the idea is that you'd write the Reply, then Retweet what you just Tweeted. What a time to be alive.

 

These changes will later in '16, so hold out for that self-Retweet button and in the meantime stock up on really good ones that go unnoticed.

 

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Published 25 May 2016 2:13pm
Updated 25 May 2016 2:54pm
By Sophie Verass


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