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05-16-2016, 11:50 PM
Twitter may cut photos and links from 140-character limit, report says
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Here's a bit of good news for Twitter power users: the platform may ** longer count photos and links as a part of its*140-character limit
SEE ALSO: Twitter blocks U.S. intelligence agency access to social media tool, report says (http://mashable.com/2016/05/08/twitter-blocks-dataminr-access/)
If true, the change would give users on the short-messaging service far more flexibility in sharing out information.*
Twitter itself hasn't an**unced the change, but*a Bloomberg report (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-16/twitter-to-stop-counting-photos-and-links-in-140-character-limit)*citing sources close to the matter*said the update could go live in the next two weeks. The news comes a few months after CEO Jack Dorsey said Twitter was experimenting with how it displays text (http://mashable.com/2016/01/05/twitter-character-limit-10000/) on the platform, but later promised the 140-character limit would stay intact (http://mashable.com/2016/03/18/jack-dorsey-today-show/). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/16/twitter-photos-140-limit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Here's a bit of good news for Twitter power users: the platform may ** longer count photos and links as a part of its*140-character limit
SEE ALSO: Twitter blocks U.S. intelligence agency access to social media tool, report says (http://mashable.com/2016/05/08/twitter-blocks-dataminr-access/)
If true, the change would give users on the short-messaging service far more flexibility in sharing out information.*
Twitter itself hasn't an**unced the change, but*a Bloomberg report (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-16/twitter-to-stop-counting-photos-and-links-in-140-character-limit)*citing sources close to the matter*said the update could go live in the next two weeks. The news comes a few months after CEO Jack Dorsey said Twitter was experimenting with how it displays text (http://mashable.com/2016/01/05/twitter-character-limit-10000/) on the platform, but later promised the 140-character limit would stay intact (http://mashable.com/2016/03/18/jack-dorsey-today-show/). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/16/twitter-photos-140-limit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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