--- title: "In the midst of ongoing plans for Twitter, Elon Musk unveils the \"Live Tweeting\" feature." description: "Additionally, Elon Musk wants to increase Twitter's character limit from 280 to 1000." author: "Muskan Singh" published: 2022-12-05 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2492/in-the-midst-of-ongoing-plans-for-twitter-elon-musk-unveils-the-live-tweeting-feature category: "twitter" tags: ["twitter api", "twitter", "technology", "technology news"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # In the midst of ongoing plans for Twitter, Elon Musk unveils the "Live Tweeting" feature. - The first user of the new live feature is author Matt Taibbi. - Additionally, [Elon Musk](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85512/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-two-business-tycoon-of-similar-age) is 'purging a lot' of spam accounts. - Since taking control of the company, Elon Musk has made a number of modifications to Twitter. Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, launched the 'live tweeting' feature on Saturday, and it is fully [operational](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94144/how-many-days-was-chandrayaan-1-operational) on the network. With his mysterious tweet 'Thread: THE TWITTER FILES,' author Matt Taibbi becomes the first user to make use of this new capability. Musk posted 'Here we go!!' on **Twitter** along with popcorn emoticons. We're double-checking certain details, so we'll probably start live tweeting in about 40 minutes, he wrote in an earlier tweet. **The initial tweet from Griftopia's writer, 'Thread: THE TWITTER FILES,' was followed by the statement, '**What you're about to read is the first in a series, based upon hundreds of internal papers stolen by sources at Twitter.' He continued, 'The 'Twitter Files' tell a remarkable tale from within [one of the biggest](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51358/what-was-one-of-the-biggest-issued-debated-in-the-1970s) and most powerful [social media](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13056/how-to-leverage-social-media-to-attract-lots-of-blog-traffic) networks in the world. A human-made device that grew beyond the control of its creator, in a scenario reminiscent of Frankenstein. The new head of Twitter is also 'purging a lot' of accounts that are spam or scams. Musk announced the [word limit](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93254/what-should-be-the-minimum-and-maximum-word-limit-of-an-article) modification to the public on Thursday via his [Twitter account](https://www.mindstick.com/news/483/confirm-your-twitter-account-no-need-to-panic). 'You may notice your following count dip,' he tweeted, 'since Twitter is now cleaning a lot of spam/scam accounts.' Musk also intends to increase **Twitter's [character](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23551/an-investigate-distinctive-seafood-restaurant-for-your-image-stamp-character) count from 280 to 1000. A social media user recently tweeted, 'Idea on explanding character limit to 1000,'** tagging Musk in the tweet. It's on the to-do list, Musk replied in his response. The character restriction has been one of the key distinctions between Twitter and other [social networking](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32304/how-does-social-networking-affect-privacy) platforms. According to a Mashable report, Musk has expressed interest in expanding the character limit several times since he took control of the site. A **Twitter** user suggested to Musk on November 27 that the **platform's word limit be raised from 280 to 420.** 'Good concept,' Musk replied in his reply. Another person had recommended earlier to 'get away of character limits.' The multi-billionaire answered, 'Absolutely.' Now, the question is when Musk will actually change the character limit. --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2492/in-the-midst-of-ongoing-plans-for-twitter-elon-musk-unveils-the-live-tweeting-feature Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.