Twitter officially doubles the character limit to 280 for all users

Twitter is officially doubling its character limit from 140 to 280, with the change set to roll out globally in the next few days. 
The announcement comes just a few months after Twitter started testing a 280-character limit for a set number of users around the globe, courting concern from users who were worried that banishing brevity would clog up their timelines. 
From Twitter's perspective early tests have been a success, with the social giant noting that where historically 9%