More Changes Coming To Your Twitter Timeline

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By: Phil Paschke

In a blog post on May 24th, Twitter announced a number of new changes to what will count towards your 140 character limit when tweeting. These changes aren’t live yet, but according to the post, “will be available in the coming months.”

The changes to counts affect:

Replies

When you reply to a tweet, the usernames you’re replying to will no longer count toward the 140-character limit. Note that this is ONLY for replies, as @names in new tweets still count, and if you add new @names to a reply, they count too.

Attachments

Photos, videos, polls and other media will no longer count towards the limit either.

Two other changes were announced:

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Retweets

You will be able to retweet or quote tweet yourself. [/box][box]

Tweets that begin with a username

All of your followers will see new tweets that begin with @name. Up to now, only followers of both accounts would see your tweet, so if you wanted to broadcast more widely, you would use “.@“ to make the tweet completely public. Note that replies to tweets will not appear.

Time will tell if these changes improve the Twitter experience, but at the very least you’ll have a bit more room for content. Check out Twitter’s full blog post for the details straight from the birdie’s mouth.[/box]

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Phil Paschke
Philip has had a fascination with all things tech ever since his parents brought home a Commodore 64 and he learned to type Load “*”,8,1. Combining his love of gadgets with a passion for music, he completed a B.Mus in Theory and Composition, while working part-time at the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra & Winspear Centre box office. After thirteen years with the organization progressing through titles like New Media Specialist and Communications Manager, he recently relocated to Wagga Wagga, Australia (really) for a down-under adventure. Whichever hemisphere he's in, Philip makes time for fine food, peaty scotch, and staying up way too late playing Sim City.
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