If you’re an avid direct messnger on Twitter, you would have noticed how you’re usually restricted with the amount of characters you can send in a private message to a user. Well Twitter have taken note on how annoyed users are when they have to send 8 messages in a row, to get their point across to their followers in a message and have taken away the character limit!
If you’ve checked your Direct Messages today, you may have noticed that something’s missing: the limitation of 140 characters. You can now chat on (and on) in a single Direct Message, and likely still have some characters left over.
While Twitter is largely a public experience, Direct Messages let you have private conversations about the memes, news, movements, and events that unfold on Twitter. Each of the hundreds of millions of Tweets sent across Twitter every day is an opportunity for you to spark a conversation about what’s happening in your world. That’s why we’ve made a number of changes to Direct Messages over the last few months. Today’s change is another big step towards making the private side of Twitter even more powerful and fun. (Twitter Blog)