<p class="title">Twitter said today it would make it easier for users to build "tweetstorms" by linking together posts in "threads" to expound at length at the famously short-form messaging service.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The move comes just a month after Twitter rattled the twitterverse by doubling the limit for tweets in most languages to 280 characters, in a bid to draw in more users and boost engagement. It was the first time the character cap was raised since Twitter was founded.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"A few years ago we noticed people creatively stitching Tweets together to share more information or tell a longer story," product manager Sasank Reddy said in a blog post.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We saw this approach (which we call 'threading') as an innovative way to present a train of thought, made up of connected but individual elements."</p>.<p class="bodytext">An "add another tweet" button is being added to the Twitter application, along with a "show this thread" label that can be clicked to see posts woven together by authors.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Threaded tweets will be published at the same time, but more posts can be added, according to Reddy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Launching tweetstorms/thread today," Twitter co-founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey tweeted from the firm's San Francisco headquarters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Twitter posts about a topic, typically fired off in rapid succession by someone intent on writing more than allowed by the character limit, have been referred to as "tweetstorms."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Many replies to Dorsey's post called on Twitter to focus on dealing with extremists, trolls, and "bots" abusing the service instead of packaging tweets together.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This will make some of the thoughtful longform posts on Twitter more accessible to a broader range of people. Good," read a reply to Dorsey from a verified account of venture capitalist Chris Sacca, whose investments included Twitter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But not sure why it launched before you make more moves to reduce hate speech, ban Nazis, eliminate Russian trolls, and stop the spread of fake news."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Threads will be rolled out in an update to Twitter in the coming weeks, according to Reddy.</p>
<p class="title">Twitter said today it would make it easier for users to build "tweetstorms" by linking together posts in "threads" to expound at length at the famously short-form messaging service.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The move comes just a month after Twitter rattled the twitterverse by doubling the limit for tweets in most languages to 280 characters, in a bid to draw in more users and boost engagement. It was the first time the character cap was raised since Twitter was founded.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"A few years ago we noticed people creatively stitching Tweets together to share more information or tell a longer story," product manager Sasank Reddy said in a blog post.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We saw this approach (which we call 'threading') as an innovative way to present a train of thought, made up of connected but individual elements."</p>.<p class="bodytext">An "add another tweet" button is being added to the Twitter application, along with a "show this thread" label that can be clicked to see posts woven together by authors.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Threaded tweets will be published at the same time, but more posts can be added, according to Reddy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Launching tweetstorms/thread today," Twitter co-founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey tweeted from the firm's San Francisco headquarters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Twitter posts about a topic, typically fired off in rapid succession by someone intent on writing more than allowed by the character limit, have been referred to as "tweetstorms."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Many replies to Dorsey's post called on Twitter to focus on dealing with extremists, trolls, and "bots" abusing the service instead of packaging tweets together.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"This will make some of the thoughtful longform posts on Twitter more accessible to a broader range of people. Good," read a reply to Dorsey from a verified account of venture capitalist Chris Sacca, whose investments included Twitter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But not sure why it launched before you make more moves to reduce hate speech, ban Nazis, eliminate Russian trolls, and stop the spread of fake news."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Threads will be rolled out in an update to Twitter in the coming weeks, according to Reddy.</p>