Surprise: Twitter "140 Character Limit" Set to hit this new Limit

According to the Verge website, Twitter will be rolling out ability to post tweets with 280 characters. This is in an effort to help people express themselves better by staying on point with their original tweets.

Did you know the 140-character limit was originally established to reflect the length of SMS messages, which was how tweets were distributed prior to the development of mobile apps?

The Verge