Twitter 140-Character Limit To Be Expanded To 10000

Although Dorsey did not directly refer to the Re/Code story, he did emphasise that Twitter was not committed to its 140-character limit.

Dorsey went on to explain that Twitter has seen people taking screenshots of text larger than 140 characters and then tweeting the image to distribute a longer message – exactly what Dorsey did, perhaps to illustrate a point.

Recode broke the news citing company sources to report that the move will not change the appearance of tweet stream.

If pushed through, it would mean that tweets would have the same character limit as Direct Messages, which underwent their own expansion in August previous year. Twitter is working on a project called “Beyond 140” that will allow us to tweet text longer than the traditional 140-character limit.

Perhaps the most uniquely defining element of the Twitter experience is the 140 character limit, which keeps thoughts short and sweet… or at least spread across multiple tweets, as needed.

Twitter shares were down almost 3 percent Wednesday, following Dorsey’s tweet. Twitter has been experimenting under Dorsey to make the service more engaging.

“We are not shy about building more utility and power into Twitter for people”.

Re/code reported earlier on Tuesday that Twitter was considering the new limit. Many longtime users criticised the possible change to longer tweets, saying it would take away Twitter’s most defining characteristic. “We’re continuing to explore ways to surface the best content for people using Twitter”.

“Instead, what if the text… was actually text?” Dorsey said. “Text that could be searched”. Text that could be highlighted.

In the new product, the tests are being done on the same version in which the tweets appear the same way as they do now, but by clicking on the tweet, more content of the tweet will be revealed.

Twitter can’t afford “to become stagnant, they need to get bigger if they want to build a more relevant advertising platform”, said Topeka Capital Markets analyst Blake Harper.