Today’s #2 trending topic on Twitter, #twittersecret (second to Shorty Awards), set off my internal alarm: Has someone finally leaked Twitter’s confirmed plans for monetization (aka world domination)?
No such luck. Today’s big “secret” is, if anything, an awkward non sequitur: Your direct messages on Twitter need not be limited to the 140-character standard set for your updates; apparently, they can be as long as 255 characters, as unearthed by Twitter users davidalston and lebrun.
There. Now you know. Now please stop rickrolling your friends. (Seriously, can someone finally take the rickroll out of its misery? It’s almost 2009. They used it at the Thanksgiving Macy’s Parade. To quote Ferris Bueller: “It’s over. Go home.”)
Well, at least folks had a little fun discovering the “secret.” Here’s a sample of the related chatter:
- Twitter user georgefiddler: Finding out the #twittersecret is nostalgic. It's like when I found out about the tunnel used to skip everyone in "Super Mario Kart."
- Twitter user DanteExplorer: It's the same thing as Victoria's Secret. #twittersecret
- Twitter user quepol: If y'all start sending 255-char DMs, me and my SMS plan will be ticked. Keep it to 140. frickin' #twittersecret