Characters are not necessarily a single byte.  Which are you counting?

On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Jason Toy <jason...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I see some tweets going through my system that are over 140
> characters, for example tweet id: 86955808553844736  is 284
> characters.
> Here is the actual tweet:
> "&lt;*)))&gt;&lt; &lt;*)))&gt;&lt; &lt;*)))&gt;&lt; &lt;*)))&gt;&lt;
> &lt;*)))&gt;&lt; &lt;*)))&gt;&lt; &lt;*)))&gt;&lt; &lt;*)))&gt;&lt;
> &lt;*)))&gt;&lt; &lt;*)))&gt;&lt; &lt;*)))&gt;&lt; &lt;*)))&gt;&lt;
> &lt;*)))&gt;&lt; &lt;*)))&gt;&lt; &lt;*)))&gt;&lt; &lt;*)))&gt;&lt;
> #phish #sbix"
>
> Do I need to encode it a special way to get it to fit under 140
> characters or does this restriction not apply anymore?  My processing
> engine expects tweets to be under 140 characters.
>
>
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