Twitter may soon roll out an overhaul that will allow users to include as many as 10,000 characters in their tweets, AP reported. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey shared what appeared to be the company’s intentions of increasing tweet character limit in a tweet posted early on Wednesday, after tech website Re/Code first reported the news.

Although Dorsey did not directly refer to the Re/Code story, he did emphasise that Twitter was not committed to its 140-character limit. He also said that Twitter was familiar with people’s tendency of sharing screenshots of lengthy texts as tweets.

The micro-blogging website wants to appeal to a wider audience that prefers platforms like Facebook that do not impose a word limit on posts. CBS News reported that Twitter may introduce this change by the end of the first quarter this year.

Twitter was founded in 2006 with the 140-character limit so it could be easier to use on cell phones that had a 160-character limit for text messages. However, the growth of other messaging services has invalidated this restriction. Twitter's direct messaging service currently has a 10,000-character limit.