Will Twitter dump its 140 character limit?

The social media platform Twitter is known for many things, but its most defining feature is the 140 character limit imposed upon everyone’s hourly thoughts.

Mr Dorsey sent a tweet after a report on technology website Re/Code suggested Twitter is now considering upping the limit to 10,000, although he did not refer directly to the report in his message.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has seemingly confirmed rumours that the social network could introduce a 10,000 character limit on tweets.

For the longest time, the character limit on Twitter has been 140, but a considerable amount of Twitter users still find themselves resorting to misspellings and wrong grammar in order to get their point across in a single tweet. Twitter’s direct messaging service now has a 10,000-character limit.

Twitter’s malaise resulted in the departure of Dick Costolo as the company’s CEO last July and ushered in the return of Dorsey, who had been ousted as the company’s leader in 2008.

Many outlets report this just is another attempt for Twitter to improve on user growth, which has been a big focus for the company. Twitter is also working on the idea of changing its reverse chronological timeline. Tweets popular for their briefness, with up to 140 characters, are mainly aimed at faster and shaper text snippets.

The new feature is part of Twitter’s efforts to increase its advertising sales and users after a year of continued losses.

The site is often peppered with user complaints that the 140-character limit keeps people from saying everything they want to say. “We will never lose that feeling”, Dorsey said of the current limit.

Dorsey tweeted a screenshot of a long note – made up of much more than 140 characters – that he had written to explain the potential feature change. To expand the tweet and view the entire content, you’d have to click on this button.

Officially Twitter, which is based in San Francisco, has refused to comment on its plans. “We’re continuing to explore ways to surface the best content for people using Twitter”, a company spokeswoman was quoted as saying.