If this happens, Twitter will cease to be Twitter.
In keeping with the bird analogy, messages will be that annoying parakeet in the pet store rather than spring time finches.
In keeping with the bird analogy, messages will be that annoying parakeet in the pet store rather than spring time finches.
If Twitter keeps the focus on the short bursts, but still has a separate way to do "Twitter blogs" or whatever, I think it could work. If Twitter just unconditionally changes all Tweets to 10k it seems like it would kill what makes Twitter unique in the first place.
Most parakeet cages I've seen in bird stores have a bell-in-a-ball type toy. Try picking it up and ringing it sometime. For some reason, all the parakeets will stop chattering as long as the bell is ringing.