# Calculate format=diff
diff --git a/twitter.py b/twitter.py
index 5e58582..c411241 100755
--- a/twitter.py
+++ b/twitter.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ except ImportError:
 import oauth2 as oauth
 
 
-CHARACTER_LIMIT = 140
+CHARACTER_LIMIT = 300
 
 # A singleton representing a lazily instantiated FileCache.
 DEFAULT_CACHE = object()
