24-05-2016 16:00 via theguardian.com

Twitter to eliminate photos and video from 140-character limit

Among the changes, you’ll soon be able to quote and retweet yourself, while infamous ‘.@’ will be no moreThe rumours are true: Twitter is going to stop counting photos and videos in its 140-character limit.But the changes go far beyond what was leaked to Bloomberg in mid-May, and will alter many of the rules that users of the service have come to take for granted. Continue reading...
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