However, there are no changes in the public-facing tweets.
For instance, Facebook Messanger has a character limit of 20,000.
You may be wondering what this means for the public side of Twitter.
Tweets will continue to be the 140 characters they are today.
The alteration removes the need to send multiple private messages in one conversation.
Twitters thinking towards its direct messaging feature has changed widely due to its history.
However, the internal feelings towards DMs apparently warmed towards the end of 2014.
It grates against the core aspect of their brand identity, said Mulvey.
Twitter has always been about succinct messages.
Its losing a unique quality but I dont think it will arouse much of a backlash.
It may encourage some gentle ribbing.
Ive seen a few people say were going back to AOL again.
The change could be a sign of the times to come.
source: www.techworm.net