Online news and social networking platform Twitter has officially doubled its character count on Wednesday (November 8, 2017) after a trial run on selected users during the past two months. As expected, the rollout comes with both acceptance and disappointment, given that we’ve all gotten used to limiting our words to 140 characters since 2006.

In addition to the character expansion, we can now see a circle that hints how close we are to reaching 280 characters instead of the old countdown. The circle only turns into a number when there are only 20 more spaces left.

While it’s nice to have more room for self-expression, ranting, debating over different topics, and humble-bragging about our day, there are also some users who were not keen on welcoming change. According to Tweets we’ve seen, some would rather have an “edit button” instead of additional space. We’d love that, too, but let’s enjoy laughing at typos for now!

In addition to that, we’ve collated 10 of the best posts with #280characters that are so witty and creative, we can’t help but hit the like or re-tweet button:

1. Netflix LITERALLY naming 280 characters from their shows.

Did we do it right? #280characters pic.twitter.com/Lg2DZZgo4o

— Netflix ANZ (@NetflixANZ) November 8, 2017

2. But of course, that’s too much to memorize. LOL!

Okay na sa akin ang 140 characters sa Twitter kasi kapag 280 baka di ko na masaulo lahat sa sobrang dami. Charot!

— Ethel Booba (@IamEthylGabison) November 8, 2017

3. A friendly reminder that we can now tweet the entire verse from a song

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The world is gonna roll me
I ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed
She was looking kind of dumb
With her finger and her thumb
In the shape
Of an “L”
On her forehead
WELL
The years start coming
And they don’t stop coming
Fed to the rules so I #280characters

— Meg V. Jones (@ItsMegNotMegan) November 8, 2017

4. We are now entitled to spell out every word and number. No abbreviations needed.

Reasons to love our Chicken McNuggets: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, TWENTY! Order a McShare Bundle to share with your barkada! The more the merrier!  #280characters pic.twitter.com/j0l0oj3CwQ

— McDo Philippines (@McDo_PH) November 8, 2017

5. Yay for more “creative text” space. ☹

AAAAA
A       A
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A        A

Y      Y
Y      Y
YYYYY
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OOOO
O     O
O     O
OOOO

K       K
K    K
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K   K
K       K

OOOO
O     O
O     O
OOOO

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N     N
N     N
N     N

AAAAA
A       A
AAAAA
A        A

Yup, the 280-character limit works

— DLSU Amphiturtle (@Amphigong) November 8, 2017

6. More space to throw shade, too!

Do we really need more car(acter)s?

— Angkas (@angkas) November 8, 2017

7. We can now put emphasis on our words just like…

STEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVE DAILISAN

— SMDC SIETE (@keiakamatsu) November 8, 2017

8. We’re never letting go of Bobbie now.

Oo, Bobbie, ikaw. Ikaw yung wala lang kahit ano’ng gawin mo, ang galing-galing mo. Ako, kahit ano’ng kayod ko, kahit ano’ng pagod ko, kahit kelan hindi ako lumapit sa galing mo. Kasi ikaw naman talaga yung magaling, di ba? Ikaw yung matalino, ikaw yung maganda. Lahat, ikaw na!

— ifa (@idasiasoco) November 8, 2017

9. And some are just plain annoying, it’s kinda funny how we brought this upon ourselves.

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— amina (@SociallyHowell) November 7, 2017

10. Oh well, gotta keep it “strong and long” like:

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Keep it Strong and Long with Sunsilk!#280characters

— Sunsilk PH (@SunsilkPH) November 8, 2017

A friendly reminder that we are not required to Tweet long-ass sentences. If you prefer the 140 count, then stick to it. Don’t stress yourself out by adding unnecessary words just to make it to 280… unless you want to be on top of your Twitter game just like the users we’ve mentioned above!

How did you use your first 280-character Tweet? We wasted ours because we’re excited AF. Share yours on Facebook or Twitter and use the hashtag #ManilaMillennial so we can see!

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*Credits to the rightful owner of all sample Tweets above. Click on the Tweet to access their pages.