A Twitter Oddity

I have a hard time keeping up with my tweets. I just get so many each day.

I have an ever harder time keeping up with Direct Messages on Twitter (DMs). I usually don\’t read them.

However, I took a peak at my DMs tonight and I came across something highly unusual.

As you are aware, all tweets and DMs are limited to 140 characters.

So imagine my amazement when I spotted this on my DMs.

Yes, you are seeing this correctly.

No, this is not a doctored image. I just added the red highlight using a paint program, but I assure you that is exactly how the DM looks on my screen.

That is 394 characters, including spaces!

So how did this happen? If anyone has any answers or theories, I\’d love to hear them.

Most definitely a Twitter oddity.