The debate on whether Twitter should keep or scrap its 140-character limit has raged for years. As it has become more and more clear that the company is struggling, the rumor that Twitter will move away from 140-character tweets keeps coming back.<br />In September, we first heard Twitter was experimenting with tweets longer than 140 characters. <br />Today more fuel was added to the fire by saying the company is hoping to launch such a feature, reportedly internally referred to as “Beyond 140,” toward the end of this quarter.<br />The report goes on to say that Twitter is currently considering a 10,000-character limit. In August, Twitter increased the limit for Direct Messages from 140 characters to 10,000 characters, so the 10,000 figure isn’t completely arbitrary.
