Twitter on Tuesday tweaked its 140-character limit rule by announcing the exclusion of usernames and media attachments from the count, reported Reuters. "When replying to a Tweet, @names will no longer count toward the 140-character count. The same will be true of media attachments in tweets like photos, GIFs, videos, polls, or Quote Tweets,” the microblogging service said. The change will come into effect from next month.

Users may also be able to retweet and quote-tweet a person's own posts. "A few simple changes to make conversations on Twitter easier! And no more removing characters for images or videos!" Chief Executive Jack Dorsey said on Twitter.