Twitter might stop counting links and photos in its character limit

Twitter is going to stop counting tweets and links toward its 140-character limit, an anonymous source told Bloomberg Technology on Monday.

The change could reportedly happen within the next two weeks, and it means users would have an extra 23 characters to play with in their missives.

Before prolific tweeters get too excited, they would do well to remember that similar rumors have been inaccurate before. The company has yet to raise its character limit to 10,000, as January reports claimed the social network was considering by the end of the first quarter.

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