http://does_that_mean_you.can.get.around/the-140-character_limit_by_pretending_your_content_is_actually_a_url ?


On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Adam D. Ruppe <destructionator@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wednesday, 15 May 2013 at 23:16:02 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
detect URLs and not count them towards the total msg length, or
something else?

This is basically it. When you post a link to twitter, they detect the url and rewrite it into t.co/whatever shortlink on their end. Then that is used in the message and counts toward the length instead of the original full link.