[whorleater]

I think there's an implicit benefit of the 140 character limit: people are forced to shorten their thoughts into bite-sized pieces. This, to me, is the biggest selling point of Twitter, it allows for an easily palatable feed of what's happening, all in small servings. This sword cuts both ways however, since it leads to short, emotional (oftentimes angry) tweets.

Overall though, the 140 limit I find is a better from a Twitter consumer point of view, but is far worse as a participant on Twitter.