# Character Limit by Kate Conger and Ryan Mac

4 Hacker News commenters recommended Character Limit by Kate Conger and Ryan Mac and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as an interesting behind-the-scenes account of what happened at Twitter under Elon Musk, and they praise its title.

## Why people recommend it

- Interesting behind-the-scenes look at Twitter (2 comments): "Interesting behind the scenes of what happened to Twitter." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46684418)) "which I think is even more interesting" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47072028))
- Praised as a strong book title (1 comments): ""Character Limit" is also one of the best book titles ever" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48702638))

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- [Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amusing-ourselves-to-death.md): 36 recommend
- [The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/anxious-generation.md): 24 recommend
- [Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bullshit-jobs.md): 20 recommend
- [Enshittification by Cory Doctorow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/enshittification.md): 19 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1804946699?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9781804946695) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Character Limit by Kate Conger and Ryan Mac", https://hackerapproved.com/p/character-limit-how-elon-musk-destroyed-twitter/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).