New Twitter Rules Will Allow Users To Retweet Themselves
Still no edit tweet function, though.
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Twitter has announced a new batch of rules that frees up characters for its users. The changes that will take place "in the coming months" will include:
- Typing a Twitter handle will no longer count towards the 140 character limit
- Media attachments like GIFs, Vines, and pictures will also be separate from the limit
- A "Retweet Yourself" feature, allowing you to repost your own tweets, is on the way
- Tweets beginning with a Twitter handle will be seen by all your followers. That means users will no longer have to use ".@" at the beginning of a Tweet to make sure the tweet isn't only seen by the user it's directed to.
Read the full explanation from Twitter here. Like all changes to social media platforms, some people lost their minds:
regarding the latest twitter change announcement pic.twitter.com/FctgnyT8yh
— leon (@leyawn) May 24, 2016
New Twitter:
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) May 24, 2016
◻️ added features to prevent harassment
☑️ easier than ever to harass up to 50 people at once
I am also going to miss the end of the .@, the Twitter equivalent of raising your voice so everyone in the restaurant can hear your argument
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) May 24, 2016
Twitter reacts to new announcement from Twitter pic.twitter.com/dhht8IEBew
— Rachael Berkey (@bookoisseur) May 24, 2016
I've been training for this my whole life, @Twitter. All my damn life. pic.twitter.com/ikm6HrJw8s
— Elamin Abdelmahmoud (@elamin88) May 24, 2016