Twitter DMs To Be 10,000 In Length From July

Twitter is increasing DM character limit from 140 to 10,000 from July.

"We've done a lot to improve Direct Messages over the past year and have much more exciting work on the horizon. One change coming in July that we want to make you aware of now (and first!) is the removal of the 140 character limit in Direct Messages," Sachin Agrawal, a Twitter staff announced.

Direct messages in other social networks, like Facebook and LinkedIn, don't have length limits. But Twitter's affinity for the 140-character limit goes back to Twitter's earliest days, when Twitter sent tweets in text messages, Venture Beat noted.

Interestingly, the news comes on the same day as Dick Costolo decided to step down as the CEO. Co-founder Jack Dorsey, who served as CEO in company's earliest days has been made the interim CEO.

The company recently added a feature to create group DMs. Regular Twitter posts will stay the same.