https://tweettest.com/blog/ Short guides behind the Tweet Test games: how X counts characters, a sourced Twitter history timeline and the rules that make a hashtag work. en-us https://tweettest.com/blog/how-x-counts-characters/ https://tweettest.com/blog/how-x-counts-characters/ Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Why an emoji counts as two, a link always counts as 23 and Japanese text still fits about 140 characters. X's weighted character counting, explained. https://tweettest.com/blog/twitter-history-timeline/ https://tweettest.com/blog/twitter-history-timeline/ Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 A sourced timeline of Twitter from the first twttr post in 2006 through hashtags, 280 characters, the 2022 acquisition, the rename to X and x.com. https://tweettest.com/blog/how-hashtags-work/ https://tweettest.com/blog/how-hashtags-work/ Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Which characters a hashtag can contain, where it stops, why #2026 doesn't link, and how to write tags people can read. With a short history of the #.