Longform Tweets: Twitter to Bump Character Limit From 140 to 10,000?

However, this doesn't mean that your timeline will be clogged by a tome.

Long-winded tweeters rejoice: the character limit on Twitter could rise exponentially — from its current 140 to 10,000.

Re/code reports that a Twitter team is working on a project called “Beyond 140,” that would allow Twitter users to share their thoughts well beyond 140 characters. The 10,000 character figure is the same limit the platform puts on direct messages.

Re/code’s story notes that this could come toward the end of Q1, but no launch date is determined yet.

Twitter declined to comment to SocialTimes on the matter.

However,

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