Twitter Eliminates 140-Character Limit In Direct Messages

Twitter announced on Wednesday, August 12, that it has eliminated the 140-character limit from its direct message feature, which allows users to communicate privately with each other. The expansion is a move to make the site more engaging and easier to use.

The limit on direct messages rises from 140 to 10,000 characters.

"We’ll begin rolling out this change today across our Android and iOS apps, on twitter.com, TweetDeck, and Twitter for Mac. It will continue to roll out worldwide over the next few weeks. If you can’t wait to try out longer Direct Messages, be sure you’re using the latest versions of our apps so you get the update right away. Sending and receiving Direct Messages via SMS will still be limited", a statement on Twitter official blog reads.