When we talk about characters, our minds open up to so many connotations. It can be about a person\u2019s character, it can be about a role that an actor is playing in a movie or a person in a storybook. This used to be a common scenario in the earlier days. But, today, the whole perspective has changed and there\u2019s another addition \u2013 characters in a tweet, Facebook newsfeed, status update on WhatsApp and social media bio. How is that even important?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Characterized by unchartered challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Most of us remember the SMS character limits because we lived those 100 SMS\/day days. But as time passed through the hourglass of evolution and smartphones came into existence, the character limit spread its wings and we had a lot to say. SMS simply turned into messages. Smileys turned into emojis and stories were not in books, but in a small thumbnail that lasts for 15 seconds only. It wasn\u2019t just about the characters anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the world of social media got limitless and people around the world began to encounter challenges of multiple kinds, there had to be some limit set. Even Mark Zuckerberg got questioned by the law for reasons known and unknown. One can say, \u201cHe got Zucker Punched\u201d, but that\u2019s not the right way to talk address the Social Media Giant! There\u2019s a reason, more than one, actually for putting these limits in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Less is More<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ever looked at the banter that McDonald\u2019s and Burger King have at each other on their Twitter handles? Some of them are gold standard! That\u2019s how character limits have to be used. Here are a few reasons why they are necessary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, we would be talking about character limits only (and that\u2019s what we have limited ourselves to). Here we go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Instagram Character Limits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n