Twitter is set to receive a major update from September 19 onward. Users will now be able to express themselves beyond the word limit of 140 characters, reports The Verge.
In order to simplify tweets, @names in replies, media attachments like photos, GIFs, videos and polls will not longer be using up the ‘140-characters’ bracket. It is said to help users in having conversations on Twitter easier and more straightforward.
Furthermore, Twitter also plans on enabling the Retweet button on your own tweets. This will help users easily retweet or quote tweet themselves. The ‘@’ character will also be eliminated from Twitter now. New tweets will now directly begin with the username.
"This is the most notable change we’ve made in recent times around conversation in particular, and around giving people the full expressiveness of the 140 characters," CEO Jack Dorsey told The Verge. "I’m excited to see even more dialog because of this."
