Twitter softened limit of 140 characters

Limiting the length of the message has always been the trademark feature of the service Twitter. Due to this there was even a new genre - a microblogging, which had created a lot of successful projects.

And yesterday a limit of 140 characters was released. This was announced in the official account of service.

Say more about what's happening! Rolling out now: photos, videos, GIFs, polls, and Quote Tweets no longer count toward your 140 characters. pic.twitter.com/I9pUC0NdZC

- Twitter (@twitter) September 19, 2016

As you can see now when writing messages will not count links, images, animations, quotes and interviews. Considered only the characters of plain text and emoticons. The rule will be introduced gradually, so if in your account, this feature is not yet available, it is necessary to wait a bit.

With this step, the company wants to give users more space for self-expression and at the same time not lose the hallmark of its service - the brevity of messages. In my view, achieved a reasonable compromise, as you seem?