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Hey Twitter, hiding usernames won't help you
Once Twitter announced that links, pictures and usernames would no longer count towards a tweet's 140-characters, it also started testing changes to how @ reply messages look. This week my account was included in that test, and as a longtime user, I don't think this change is a good one. As you can see from the screenshots, it puts more emphasis on accounts "real" names. that would be fine, except I've spent ~8 years getting used to the usernames of people I follow and commonly tweet to. Now, I can recognize some of those names faster than the person's "real" one, because this is Twitter, not Facebook.
Twitter removes character limit for photos, videos and quotes
Right on schedule, Twitter's long-anticipated announcement goes live today: photos, videos, GIFs, polls and quoted tweets will no longer count towards the 140-character limit. The company is also testing out some new changes to the way @-replies function on the service.
Don't worry, Twitter isn't going to broadcast all your replies
Twitter just announced substantial changes to how tweets work -- namely, removing photos, video links and mentions from the 140-character limit, to help give posts some creative breathing room. Some changes to the way "@" replies work mean you're going to see even more tweets in your feed from people you follow. Most important, the company wants to reduce confusion for new users -- which it sorely needs more of.
Twitter is keeping its 140-character limit
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appeared on The Today Show on Friday to celebrate the company's 10 anniversary. While there, Dorsey confirmed to host Matt Lauer that Twitter's 140-character limit will not be expanded to 10,000 characters, as he had previously suggested. "It's staying. It's a good constraint for us," Dorsey said. "It allows for of-the-moment brevity." Of course, Dorsey also once said Twitter "never planned to reorder timelines next week," just days before announcing the new algorithmic timeline that's now rolling out for everyone.
