Twitter Messages Character Increase

Twitter affords users to use up to 10,000 characters to chat.

12:40 15 June 2015

In a move to stay competitive with other message apps, Twitter has increase the number of characters that users can use when chatting on private Direct Messages. The removal of 140-character limit will take effect in July, however, it is not applicable to public tweets. 

 

The announcement was made short after chief executive Dick Costolo has confirmed his resignation following news that investors were not very happy at the lack of user growth on the site. Twitter has about 300 million active users while rival Facebook has over 1.3 billion. 

 

In a post on Twitter's developer forum, the firm's Sachin Agarwal said: "We've done a lot to improve Direct Messages over the past year and have much more exciting work on the horizon. One change coming in July that we want to make you aware of now (and first!) is the removal of the 140 character limit in Direct Messages.

 

"You may be wondering what this means for the public side of Twitter. Nothing! Tweets will continue to be the 140 characters they are today."