Twitter gets rid of 140 character limit For Direct Messages
The social network is rolling out longer direct messages in a bid to keep users on its app for longer periods of time.
August 12, 2015 four:15 PM
Twitter is formally lifting its 140 character restrict for direct messages, after informing builders of the replace in June.
Twitter product manager Sachin Agarwal instructed the Wall side road Journal that the exchange was designed “to create a in reality nice space the place folks can discuss Twitter content material.” it’s seemingly also a response to the popularity of messaging systems like Snapchat and fb’s Messenger app. particularly, Agarwal declined to comment when asked if Twitter would eventually tweak the size of standard tweets or place ads in direct messages.
though loved through its core consumer base, Twitter has confronted slow consumer growth in up to date years, and has introduced options to make it extra approachable—like “when you have been away”, which highlights key tweets that customers may have ignored.
The social networking provider is presently engaged in a excessive-profile CEO search.
Longer direct messages will first roll out in cell apps, on Twitter’s site, thru TweetDeck and Twitter on Mac, and will then migrate global within the coming weeks.
[by way of the Wall boulevard Journal]
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