Social media giants Twitter is reportedly about to make a major alteration to the way it counts those characters, giving you the chance to add an extra word or three when formulating your profound thoughts for your army, or perhaps handful, of followers.
From September 19, Twitter will remove a bunch of stuff from counting toward your character limit, including @names in replies, and media attachments such as photos, GIFs, videos, and polls.
The change was promised by the company back in May, but for a long time we heard next to nothing on the matter. However, The Verge has just reported that the new system will be rolled out at the start of next week, citing an unnamed company spokesperson as its source
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