Twitter is relaxing its 140 character limit.
The social network announced on Monday that media like photos, GIFs, and videos will no longer count towards the 140 character limit Twitter has had in place since its inception.
Along with media attachments, “@” replies to other Twitter accounts will also no longer count towards a tweet’s 140 character limit.
What this really means is that now you have more space and more characters to respond to someone. For users who have big usernames, replying was tedious as users had to use the @ symbol and that would be included in the 140 charachter limit. That’s no longer the case!