Twitter axes private message limit

TWITTER will remove the 140-character limit on private Direct Messages sent between users but the limit will remain for public tweets posted to the site.

Twitter will remove the 140-character limit on the private Direct Messages sent between users.

TWITTER is to remove the 140-character limit on the private Direct Messages sent between users, the social network has confirmed.

BEGINNING in July, the character limit will be lifted on messages that Twitter users send to each other, but it will not be removing the lock on public tweets posted to the site.