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Twitter increases character limit as it stops counting usernames to encourage greater engagement

on Mar 30, 2017 | 0 comments

By Rebecca Stewart

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Twitter has relaxed its hallmark brevity once more revealing it will no longer count usernames towards the total 140-character limit.

Writing in a blog post Twitter product manager Sasank Reddy said the social network hoped the move would let users better express themselves.

The update means @ replies will no longer occupy space in a user’s tweet, making it easier to @ or reply to several people at once without running out of space.

“The updates we’re making today are based on feedback from all of you as well as research and experimentation. In our tests of this Read full story ›

Source: The Drum