Twitter is awesome, but what’s up with the 140 character limit? Yes, I know it’s because of SMS text message support, but Twitter’s outgrown that by now. Anyways, we Twitter addicts have to put up with the character limit, and that’s impossible sometimes.
Luckily for us, there’s 140it.com. This site shrinks your Twitter messages in order to make them fit the 140 character limit. How does the site manage to do this? Well, it reduces words, removing the extra spaces, shrinks the URLs using bit.ly and exchanges company names with their StockTiwts symbol. The service, which was built as a weekend project by some avid Twitter users, is quickly becoming the most useful Twitter app we’ve come across.
There’s no need to keep the 140 character limit in mind anymore, and you’ll be able to quickly reduce most messages to less than 140. Twitterers who have a problem with the limited characters available should check out 140it.com right away.
140It.com In Their Own Words
“140it shrinks your twitter messages down to 140 characters.”
Why 140It.com It Might Be A Killer
This is something that could become highly useful to Twitter users who have a hard time keeping track of the characters in their microposts.
Some Questions About 140It.com
Can they shrink any text? Is there a limit to how long the shrinkable posts can be? 
