Twitter Removes 140 Character Limit for DM

As a recent Twitter convert, I've already had a few messages from my followers.
Some of those messages needed to be quite long and the limit of 140 characters per message has finally been lifted!

There are times when an email is a much more appropriate method of communication, but in absence of this (be it privacy, data protection, etc.) direct messaging, or DM for short, is what Twitter users have had to resort to.

I am very pleased that I have come to use Twitter at this stage in its evolution, as it means that I can properly connect with people and businesses.
Remember when you could only send single text (SMS) messages that were 160 characters long? Even I had to resort to the god-awful txt spk to be able to send "lengthy" texts!

This change to the DM character limit could also have come at an appropriate time, as Twitter does seem to have stalled as far as numbers of new users go.
I see this change as a very welcome thing, though it does mean that we have yet another instant messaging client to keep up with.

You can connect with me on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/aiikon1